A man so various that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind’s epitome. Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong; Was everything by starts, and nothing long: But, in the course of one revolving moon, Was chemist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon.

  • -- John Dryden 约翰·德莱登

他是一个如此多样化的人,他似乎不是一个人,而是全人类的缩影。固执己见,总是错的;一切都是由始而终的,没有什么是漫长的;但是,在一个旋转的月亮的过程中,出现了化学家、小提琴家、政治家和小丑。