The severity of Russian laws is tempered by the lack of obligation to enforce them.

变革在开始时最难，在中间最混乱，在结束时最好。

不进行哲学思考的生活，实际上就像闭着眼睛而不试图睁开它们。

INDUSTRY. Lose no time; be always employ’d in something useful; cut off all unnecessary actions.

"Every brushstroke should carry the weight of thought."

我不是来适应的，我是来做自己的。