谷子成熟了才能收获，果子熟了才能剥开皮。比喻凡事不可急于求成。

只凭一句赞美的话我就可以充实地活上两个月。

Taught from infancy that beauty is woman's sceptre, the mind shapes itself to the body, and roaming round its gilt cage, only seeks to adorn its prison.

即使上帝也无法使二加二不等于四。