The historian is a prophet looking backwards.

历史不是过去，而是一张从特定视角绘制的地图，对现代旅行者有用。

The individual is reduced to a negligible quantity, perhaps less in his consciousness than in his habits and in the unconscious adjustments of his life.

"The only thing that makes life possible is permanent, intolerable uncertainty; not knowing what comes next."

Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.

世界是一本书，不旅行的人只读了一页。