我们生来孤独，活着孤独，死去孤独。尽管有那些浪漫杂志的渲染，终有一天我们会回顾一生，发现尽管有人相伴，我们始终孤独。

"The very essence of romance is uncertainty."

The statesman， who should attempt to direct private people in what manner they ought to employ their capitals， would not only load himself with a most unnecessary attention but assume an authority which could safely be trusted， not only to no single person， but to no council or senate whatever， and which would nowhere be so dangerous as in the hands of a man who had folly and presumption enough to fancy himself fit to exercise it.

The Langlands program is a testament to the interconnectedness of mathematical ideas.

一个人的好名声不是轻而易举就能够得到的；名誉也不是靠欺诈伪装的手段来赢得的。