中心地的规模和分布并非偶然，而是遵循一定的规律。

I am not a storyteller, but a story-maker.

Time is a river that flows backward as much as it flows forward.

The severe morals of the early Romans produced a race of men who were neither superstitiously devout nor philosophically skeptical.

盈利和目的并不相互排斥，它们越来越相互依赖。

译文：世俗风气之所以狡诈的人很多，到最后只有忠厚正直的人才能立得住脚；社会风气都以奢侈浮华为上，但最后还是觉得平淡安静的日子才更耐人寻味。赏析：做事就是做人。狡诈的行为虽然可以赢得一时的信任，但最后还是忠厚之人获得永久的尊重。历经人世繁华，方知平淡最真。