One can't proceed from the informal to the formal by formal means.
不能通过正式手段从非正式到正式。
"Writing is a way of talking without being interrupted."
听不到门内嬉笑怒骂,可知这家治理严明;座右题写着格言名句,能知此人志趣高雅。
"The beauty of literature is that it allows us to live a thousand lives."