写作的艺术在于用寥寥数语表达丰富内容。

The conjectures of the Langlands program are not merely problems to be solved but a vision of how mathematics should be.

The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ, Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line, Nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it.

"We are all alone, born alone, die alone, and—in spite of True Romance magazines—we shall all someday look back on our lives and see that, in spite of our company, we were alone the whole way."