简扼乃机智之魂，而冗言即无用之外饰。

石油的未来在于平衡经济增长与环境管理。

过去总是存在于我们讲述的故事中。

解释：辅与车互相依存，嘴唇没有了，牙齿就要受寒。

Reputation is an idle and most false imposition: oft got without merit, and lost without deserving.

房子应该是生活的宝箱。

I know that self-promotion happens a lot and it is not a bad thing. But I do not regard it as something positive.