不要等待完美的时机，抓住时机并让它变得完美。
Don’t wait for the perfect moment—take the moment and make it perfect.
自由民主在世界范围内的传播并非不可避免，但考虑到其他选择，它是最有可能的结果。
The trouble with most people is that they think with their hopes or fears or wishes rather than with their minds.
理性统治，但仁慈宽恕：前者是法律，后者是特权。
释义：杜绝不良嗜好，禁止过度欲望，从而摆脱牵累；抑制错误行为，减少邪恶之事，从而消除过错；减少饮酒，远离美色，从而保持自身清白。这是对修身养性、克制欲望的教导。
在词语之间的沉默中，真正的意义往往隐藏着，等待细心的读者去发现。
The community stagnates without the impulse of the individual. The impulse dies away without the sympathy of the community.
The past is a kind of future that has already happened.