小说是探索人性复杂性的最佳工具。

心理过程之所以存在，是因为它们服务于生命的延续。

The deterioration of every government begins with the decay of the principles on which it was founded.

The best furniture tells a story without saying a word.

译文：上面的官吏廉洁，民间的风俗也会随之改变。