用心栽花、施肥、灌溉，花却总是不开；无意间将柳条插在地上，却长成了郁郁葱葱的柳树。
The book is a mirror: if an ape looks into it, an apostle is unlikely to look out.
文学是耐心的艺术，无论对写的人还是读的人都是如此。
我不是说唱歌手，我是个玩说唱的实干家。
The market is a very efficient mechanism for transferring wealth from the impatient to the patient.