To write is to confront the ghosts of the past and the uncertainties of the future.
Little else is requisite to carry a state to the highest degree of opulence from the lowest barbarism but peace, easy taxes, and a tolerable administration of justice.
我从不担心行动。而只担心没有任何行动。
When I got to 40 or so... I had the sense when I looked back over my life I would actually see a mess of decisions, a few of which I had thought about, some of which I had sort of stumbled on, and many that I had no control over whatsoever.
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.