文学是社会的镜子，反映了它的美德和缺陷。

"In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends."

Quiet people have the loudest minds.

解释：栋梁不厚实，就不能承受房屋的重量。最重要的莫过于国事，对于栋梁人才来说，最重要的莫过于德行。

It is not unlikely, but that there may be yet invented several other helps for the eye, as much exceeding those already found, as those do the bare eye.

天上永远不会掉下玫瑰来，如果想要更多的玫瑰，必须自己种植。