In republican governments, men are all equal; equal they are also in despotic governments: in the former, because they are everything; in the latter, because they are nothing.

"A good book should leave you slightly exhausted at the end. You live several lives while reading it."

"We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars."

作战虽然讲究排兵布阵，但士兵的勇敢是其中的根本;丧葬虽然讲究礼节，但对亲人的哀思是其中的根本;一个人虽然很有学识，但思想道德、行为举止是其中的根本。

缺席往往比在场更有力量。

"Every film is a journey, and every character is a destination."

A picture must be grasped at once, as a whole, like a piece of music.