如果主权者对一个臣民的要求比另一个臣民多的话，事情就变成个别的，他的权力也就不再凑效了。

书籍是代际之间的桥梁。

We cannot be sure of having something to live for unless we are willing to die for it.

The desires， and other passions of man， in themselves， are in his own power； his real difficulties are， to know when they are to be controlled， and when not.

作家必须相信他所做的是世界上最重要的事情。即使他知道这不是真的，他也必须坚持这种幻觉。