【译文】穷人住在闹市也无人理睬，富人住在深山也会招来远房亲戚。有哪个人背后不被别人议论，哪个人在人前不议论他人?给钱就说真话，不给钱就不说真话。不信你到筵席上看看，哪杯酒不先敬有钱的人?热闹繁华的地方有钱可赚，偏僻幽静的地方宜于安身。

The man who writes about himself and his own time is the only man who writes about all people and about all time.

"The truth has never been of any real value to any human being - it is a symbol for mathematicians and philosophers to pursue. In human relations kindness and lies are worth a thousand truths."

作家唯一的责任就是对他的艺术负责。

No testimony is sufficient to establish a miracle unless the testimony be of such a kind that its falsehood would be more miraculous than the fact which it endeavors to establish.