The melancholy science from which I make this offering to my friend relates to a region that from time immemorial was regarded as the true field of philosophy, but which, since the latter's conversion into method, has lapsed into intellectual neglect, sententious whimsy, and finally oblivion.
我向我的朋友献上的这种忧郁的科学，涉及到一个自古以来被视为哲学真正领域的区域，但自从哲学转变为方法以来，这个区域已经陷入了知识的忽视、警句的奇想，最终被遗忘。
I don’t think you should spend much time being unhappy about the bad breaks. You get a lot of them, but you also get a lot of good ones. The thing to do is just to maximize your odds of using the good ones and minimizing the effects of the bad ones.
最幸福的人是那些既找到了人生目标，又能欣赏生活中简单乐趣的人。
历史学家必须兼具诗人和哲学家的特质。
过去从未死去，它甚至还未过去。
你说的话有什么益处呢？如果没有益处还要说，就是白费口舌。
清晰的使命为每一个行动提供方向和目的。