If you can look into the seeds of time, And say which grain will grow and which will not, speak then to me, who neither beg nor fear Your favours nor your hate.

悲伤不是一条线，让你无限远离失去。它是一个圆，你会一次又一次回到同一个地方。

德性的知识，不是从见闻中产生的。

小说中的人物比他的创造者拥有更多自由——这就是支撑我写作的讽刺。

Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.