The poor often lack the information needed to make good choices, and when they do have it, they often don’t trust it.
穷人往往缺乏做出正确选择所需的信息，而即使他们拥有这些信息，也常常不信任它。
不是那些不被爱的人引发了不满，而是那些不能爱的人，因为他们只爱自己。
我使用的材料是时间的见证。
真正的进步发生在我们停止捍卫现状并开始挑战它的时候。
艺术不是反映现实的镜子，而是塑造现实的锤子。
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.
欧洲不应是一个怀旧的洲，而应是一个充满希望的洲。