贫穷并不是一种高贵的经历，它带来恐惧、压力、有时还有绝望，它意味着许许多多的羞辱和艰辛。靠自己的努力摆脱贫穷，确实可以引以自豪，但贫穷本身只有对傻瓜而言才是浪漫的。
I quite agree with them that it is not an ennobling experience. Poverty entails fear, and stress, and sometimes depression; it means a thousand petty humiliations and hardships. Climbing out of poverty by your own efforts, that is indeed something on which to pride yourself, but poverty itself is romanticised only by fools.
纵欲之心正炽烈时，一想到将会卧病痛苦，兴致如寒冰；逐利之心正浓烈时，一想到将会命丧黄泉，味道如同嚼蜡。
Dreams are the seeds of reality, and music helps them grow.
The novel is the most complete representation of human experience.