Concerning the gods, I cannot know either that they exist or that they do not exist, nor what form they might have, for there is much to prevent one's knowing: the obscurity of the subject and the shortness of man's life.

"Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings: it takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquility."

听到了却没有亲眼见到，即使听得再多，也必有谬误；亲眼见到了却不能理解，即使记得再多，也必有错误；知道了却不去实际践行，就是知识再多，也必然困惑。

Freedom would be not to choose between black and white but to abjure such prescribed choices.

Challenges are opportunities in disguise; embrace them with courage.

历史感对法学家来说是必不可少的，因为没有它，他就无法理解法律。