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。
The most hateful torment for men is to have knowledge of everything but power over nothing.
The truth is rarely pure and never simple.
形容世事变化无常，难以预测。
"The photograph is just the starting point. The painting is something else entirely."
Sometimes silence speaks louder than words.