The preservation of the means of knowledge among the lowest ranks is of more importance to the public than all the property of all the rich men in the country.

世界上充满了故事，但只有少数值得讲述。

与其让你的人生规避“出人意料”，还不如直接瞄着它们而去。

The human heart is like the sea: it has its storms, its tides, and its depths; in it, too, there are pearls.

知识的最大敌人不是无知，而是知识的幻觉。