小说是一面镜子，反映了人类存在的复杂性。

Engineering is about solving problems, not just making things look pretty.

语出西汉·桓宽《盐铁论·疾贪》。表：古代测量日影以计时的标杆。要想让影子正，就要先将标杆树直；要想让下面的人清廉，就要先自己做到清廉。说明上位是下位的表率。

勤于学习的人才会愿意施教。

A person who is too nice an observer of the business of the crowd, like one who is too curious in observing the labor of bees, will often be stung for his curiosity.