解释：对事物最好的证明是有效果，对论点最好的认定是有证据。

The darkest nights produce the brightest stars.

艺术的真正用途是让不可见的东西变得可见。

A proof of a proposition is a process the nature of which is such as to produce in us a belief in that proposition.

写作的行为是一种乐观的行为。如果你觉得这无关紧要，你就不会费心去做。

A book is a mirror: if an ape looks into it, an apostle is unlikely to look out.

The best way to predict the future is to create it.