Optimize your generosity. No one on their deathbed has ever regretted giving too much away.

生活的美在于它的不可预测性。

"The act of writing is an act of optimism. You would not take the trouble to do it if you felt it didn't matter."

I try to create buildings that are like chameleons, changing with their surroundings.

在自然状态下，所有人确实生而平等，但他们不能保持这种平等。社会使他们失去了这种平等，他们只有通过法律的保护才能重新获得它。

A classic is a book that has never finished saying what it has to say.

小说是作家和读者之间跨越时间和空间的对话。