Legal rules are not merely commands backed by threats; they are also rules that confer powers and create obligations.

Every building is a prototype. No two are alike.

The known is finite, the unknown infinite; intellectually we stand on an islet in the midst of an illimitable ocean of inexplicability.  

不要仅仅追求成功，要追求意义。

A poet can survive everything but a misprint.

There are no dull subjects. There are only dull writers.

解释：说同样的话，由于说话的人不同，人们心中的看法也会随之改变。