“人世一大梦，俯仰百变，无足怪者”。
“Whatever you think， be sure it is what you think； whatever you want， be sure that it is what you want； whatever you feel， be sure that it is what you feel. It is bad enough to think and want the things that your elders want you to think and want， but it is still worse to think and want just like all your contemporaries”
古谚云：“三代穿衣，五代吃饭，十辈子才能挂画”。
经典作品开笔处多有传世之句。珍˙奥斯汀的《傲慢与偏见》说：“It is a truth universally acknowledged， that a single man in possession of a good fortune， must be in want of a wife.”托尔斯泰的《安娜˙卡烈妮娜》说：“All happy families are alike but an unhappy family is unhappy after its own fashion.”哈代的The Mayor of Casterbridge说：“Happiness was but the occasional episode in a general drama of pain.”虽只寥寥数字，从中见出珍˙奥斯汀纤巧，托尔斯泰磅礴，哈代跌荡。
“童子当街数落英，摇头学我苦吟声；门前有客不敢报，却道先生诗未成”，陈曼生这样清淡鲜活的作品，我太喜欢了。
画家唐云访竹刻家徐孝穆不遇，顺手就案头纸笔划一幅小景，留便条云：“冒雨访孝穆，不遇，作此而去。”徐孝穆后来把画与此便条刻在一块臂搁上。雅人深致，都成旧时明月了。
查先生在典礼上的答谢词题为《中国学术思想的传统精神》。这篇讲稿非常浅白，却说出了中国几千年学术思想的神髓。学问做到这样通透已经很不容易，难得还有本事将之归纳为明明白白的文章。
少年时在万隆跟亦梅先生读书，他一度要我多读康熙车万育作的《声律启蒙》。这本书启功先生也谈过，是按照《佩文诗韵》分韵部，每韵作歌诀三段：“一东（上平）：云对雨，雪对风，晚照对晴空。来鸿对去燕，宿鸟对鸣虫。三尺剑，六钧弓，岭北对江东。人间清暑殿，天上广寒宫。两岸晓烟杨柳绿，一园春雨杏花红。两鬓风霜，途次早行之客；一簑烟雨，溪边晚钓之翁。”引自第1页
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