在任何一个有读过历史的人眼中，公民抗命是人类原始的美德。人类历史是通过公民抗命才能取得进展的，要不是经由公民抗命，就得经过军事起义了。
Disobedience, in the eyes of any one who has read history, is man's original virtue. It is through disobedience that progress has been made, through disobedience and through rebellion.
Choose always the way that seems the best, however it may be; custom will soon render it easy and agreeable.
人心是一个谜，甚至对它自己也是如此。
悲观主义者是这种人：当他可以从两种罪恶中选择时，他把两种都选了。