You get towards the end of life—no, not life itself, but of something else: the end of any likelihood of change in that life.

The individual is reduced to a negligible quantity, perhaps less in his consciousness than in his habits and in the unconscious adjustments of his life.

【释义】保卫一家一姓的政权，是那些居高官、享厚禄的君臣们谋划的事；而保卫整个民族的文明、伦理与文化，即使是卑微的普通百姓，也有责任。

作家的任务是让不可见之物可见。

释义：跟交情浅的朋友说过多的隐私的事情，是愚蠢的。提醒人们在与人交往时，要根据实际情况和关系的深浅，采取适当的态度和行动。

这种想象力的第一个成果——以及体现它的社会科学的第一个教训——是个人只有将自己定位在他的时代中，才能理解自己的经历并衡量自己的命运，只有意识到他所在环境中所有个体的机会，他才能知道自己的生活机会。

The bond market is the ultimate barometer of investor sentiment.

对公正社会的渴望是人类状况的永久部分。