Concerning the gods, I cannot know either that they exist or that they do not exist, nor what form they might have, for there is much to prevent one's knowing: the obscurity of the subject and the shortness of man's life.

"We are all haunted by the past, and the past is always present."

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.

发愤研究学问，常常忘记吃饭，一旦有所收获便又高兴地忘记了忧愁，连自己的渐趋衰老也没有感觉到。

解析：心与物相互感应。

小说的艺术在于让读者忘记作家的存在。

我们生来都继承了一定的时间，我们必须学会明智地使用它。