所以天将要把重大任务落到这个人身上，一定先要使他的心志痛苦，使他的筋骨劳累，使他的身体饥饿，使他的身子穷困，并且使他的每一行为总是不能如意，借此来使他的内心震动，坚韧他的性情，增加他的才干。

Old soldiers never die. They just fade away.

The most exciting discoveries often come from questioning what everyone else takes for granted.

我的箴言一贯如此：英雄不问来路。

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