禁止持有武器的法律。只会解除那些本来就不打算或没有决心要犯罪的人的武装……这样的法律只会让受害者变得更糟，让行凶者更强；它们相当于鼓励而不是阻止凶杀，因为一个没有武装的人更可能被一个武装的人袭击。
The laws that forbid the carrying of arms are laws of such a nature. They disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes.... Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man.
学习理论中的一个关键见解是，假设类的复杂性对于泛化至关重要。
每一部小说都是一次通往未知的旅程，无论对作者还是读者而言。
Don't watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going.
如果你想成长，你必须首先学会适应。
所以君子努力做事就会日渐强大，安于嗜欲就日渐苟且，恭敬庄重就日益繁盛。