人们心中所寄托的世俗希望，要么化为灰烬，要么繁荣一时；然后，就像沙漠尘埃上的雪，照亮一两个小时——便消失了。
The Worldly Hope men set their Hearts upon Turns Ashes—or it prospers; and anon, Like Snow upon the Desert's dusty Face, Lighting a little hour or two—is gone.
The first sentence of the novel is the most important, but the last sentence is the one that stays with you.
"The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only one page."