所以，根基树立不牢的人，不要期望有茂盛的枝叶。
The novel is the most ambitious attempt to capture the totality of life.
The present state of the system of nature is evidently a consequence of what it was in the preceding moment, and if we conceive of an intelligence which at a given instant comprehends all the relations of the entities of this universe, it could state the respective positions, motions, and general effects of all these entities at any time in the past or future.
疾病是生命的阴暗面，一种更沉重的公民身份。每个出生的人都持有双重国籍，在健康王国和疾病王国中。
The dead are our silent collaborators in the quest for knowledge.