I think that's the single most important thing about writing: it's about making the familiar strange and the strange familiar.

Force and fraud are in war the two cardinal virtues.

一座好的建筑必须能够吸收人类生活的痕迹。

Social progress can be measured by the social position of the female sex.

做好事如同背负重物而登山，志向虽已确立，但总是担心力不从心；干坏事如同骑马下山，虽然未加鞭，但却欲驻足而难以自禁。

每个伟大的管弦乐队都是社会的镜子，既反映其美德也反映其缺陷。