无论是正确的还是错误的，经济学家和政治哲学家的思想都比通常理解的有力。确实，世界不受其他任何事物统治。自信不被知识分子影响的那些所谓务实的人，往往只是几个过时经济学家思想的奴隶。（Concluding Notes. p. 383-384）
The ideas of economists and political philosophers， both when they are right and when they are wrong， are more powerful than is commonly understood. Indeed the world is ruled by little else. Practical men， who believe themselves to be quite exempt from any intellectual influence， are usually the slaves of some defunct economist.
即使官场得意，步步高升，也要保持廉洁奉公的作风；即使退位之后，也要坚守节操，有始有终。
患者的声音应该指导药物开发的每一步。
生命太短暂，不要在早晨醒来时带着遗憾。
释义：因为一个关键的错误，可能导致整体的失败，一切努力都白费。