The joy I felt at the prospect before me of being the instrument destined to take away from the world one of its greatest calamities, blended with the fond hope of enjoying independence and domestic peace and happiness, was often so excessive that, in pursuing my favourite subject among the meadows, I have sometimes found myself in a kind of reverie.
想到自己可能成为从世界上消除最大灾难之一的工具，同时怀有享受独立、家庭和平与幸福的希望，这种喜悦常常如此强烈，以至于在草地上研究我喜爱的课题时，我有时会陷入一种遐想。
领导层的多样性不是可选的，而是增长的关键。
The ideas of economists and political philosophers， both when they are right and when they are wrong， are more powerful than is commonly understood. Indeed the world is ruled by little else. Practical men， who believe themselves to be quite exempt from any intellectual influence， are usually the slaves of some defunct economist.
每一种真理都需要经过三个阶段：首先被嘲笑，然后被激烈反对，最后被视为自明之理。