Reputation is an idle and most false imposition: oft got without merit, and lost without deserving.
名誉是一件无聊的骗人的东西;得到它的人未必有什么功德,失去它的人也未必有什么过失。
We have seen how the most amiable are at length worn down.
预测未来的最好方法就是创造它。
Architecture begins where engineering ends.