"The challenge of biography isn't finding the facts - it's finding the meaning behind them."
传记的挑战不在于发现事实 - 而在于发现事实背后的意义。
When we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary.
The preservation of the means of knowledge among the lowest ranks is of more importance to the public than all the property of all the rich men in the country.
No man is fit to hold office who isn't perfectly willing to leave it at any time...