The consequences of this problem make themselves felt in bookshops. When you go to a large bookshop and look at the self-help sections, as I sometimes do -- if you analyze self-help book sproduced in the world today, there are basically two kinds. The first kind tells you, "You can do it! You can make it! Anything's possible!" The other kind tells you how to cope with what we politely call "low self-esteem," or impolitely call, "feeling very bad about yourself."

Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.

当你有酒有肉的时候，很多兄弟朋友跟着你，可是当你遇到紧急危难的时候，却连一个人也看不到。

失败是有趣的——它是进步的一部分。你永远不会从成功中学到东西，但你会从失败中学到东西。

La belleza de la poesía reside en su capacidad de decir lo indecible.