The novel is the one bright book of life. Books are not life. They are only tremulations on the ether. But the novel is the one bright book of life.
A good building is one that makes the city better.
解释:做好事不为名声,而名声却跟来了;有名声不是希望获得利益,而利益也跟着来;有利益并不希望同别人争夺,而争夺也跟来了。