一只系得妥帖的领结，就是人生认真的第一步。
A well-tied tie is the first serious step in life.
Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.
政府，即使在其最佳状态下，也不过是一种必要的恶；在其最坏的状态下，则是一种无法忍受的恶。
To try to write love is to confront the muck of language: that region of hysteria where language is both too much and too little, excessive and impoverished.
插画不应该只是装饰文本；它们应该扩展文本。
The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes.
The only way to survive is to keep moving forward.
追求知识是一场没有终点的旅程。
数学的研究是所有智力和精神发展的不可或缺的基础。