[厚葬使]已经获得的财产,都拿来埋掉了;丧后本当产生的财产,又被长时间的禁止所消除。 
世界是一面伟大的镜子,我们是其中的倒影。
作战虽然讲究排兵布阵,但士兵的勇敢是其中的根本;丧葬虽然讲究礼节,但对亲人的哀思是其中的根本;一个人虽然很有学识,但思想道德、行为举止是其中的根本。
We are lonesome animals. We spend all our life trying to be less lonesome. One of our ancient methods is to tell a story begging the listener to say — and to feel — 'Yes, that's the way it is, or at least that's the way I feel it.'
The only way to survive is to keep moving forward.