In republican governments, men are all equal; equal they are also in despotic governments: in the former, because they are everything; in the latter, because they are nothing.

真相往往隐藏在显而易见之处。

生活就是忍受，在混乱中找到意义，尽管痛苦也要继续前进。

建筑师必须是一个先知...真正意义上的先知...如果他不能预见至少十年以后的事情，就不要称他为建筑师。

Life is too short to not take risks.

Diplomacy requires strategic and long-term thinking to achieve a country's long-term interests and security.

黄金和白银，像其他商品一样，具有内在价值，这不是任意的，而是取决于它们的稀缺性、获取它们所耗费的劳动量以及在矿山中使用的资本价值。

If you can dream it, you can achieve it.

The life of a writer is absolutely solitary. He has to be alone to do his work.

人们并不懒惰。他们只是有无力的目标——也就是说，目标没有激励他们。