由Because引导原因状语从句，主句使用被动语态is considered to emphasize the universal value of time. (注：此处解释应仅中文，修正如下：由Because引导原因状语从句，主句使用被动语态来强调时间作为普遍共识中宝贵财富的地位。)
Great art is always the most ornamental.
Conscience is the guardian of the social order inspired by the individual's instinct for self-preservation.
Art for art's sake is no more meaningful than drinking for drinking's sake.
Those who lose heart at the first blow are forever failures.
Writers have a passion for creation or, simultaneously, a naive passion for making a living out of it.
Conscience is the sentinel on every man's mind, standing guard there to watch that we do nothing illegal.
I have always considered a man's appearance to be of little importance. I am much more interested in a person's mind than in their looks.
Life is a difficult journey. It is hard enough for me to make my own life perfect; how can I expect to teach others how to live theirs well?
Because time flies and cannot be recovered, it is considered the most precious wealth in the world. Wasting time is undoubtedly the most meaningless way to spend one's existence.
It is far easier to change a good habit than to break a bad one; this is one of life's great tragedies.
Money is like a sixth sense; without it, the other senses cannot be fully utilized.
Developing a habit of reading is like building a shelter for oneself, capable of shielding one from nearly all the disasters of life.
Love requires a sense of weakness, a desire for tenderness and care, and a passion to help and please others—if not unselfishness, then at least a cleverly disguised selfishness. Love contains a degree of timidity and cowardice.
伟大的艺术从来就是最富于装饰价值的。
良心是守护个人为自我保存所启发的社会秩序的保护神。
为艺术而艺术，不会比为喝酒而喝酒更有意义。
一经打击就灰心泄气的人，永远是个失败者。
作家有创作热情或者同时还有靠它吃饭的天真热情。
良心是我们每个人心头的岗哨，它在那里值勤站岗，监视着我们别做出违法的事情来。
我一贯认为男人的容貌如何是无关紧要的。我更感兴趣的是一个人的头脑，而不是他的外貌。
人生是个艰辛的历程，让我自己的一生过得完美一点儿已经很不容易了，怎么能指望去教导别人如何过好他的一生呢？
由于时光转瞬即逝，无法挽回，所以说它是世间最宝贵的财富。滥用时光无疑是人们最没有意义的一种消磨方式。
改变好习惯比改掉坏习惯容易的多，这是人生的一大悲衰。
金钱有如第六感官一般，如果没有金钱，便不可能完全利用其他的感觉。
养成阅读的习惯等于为自己筑起一个避难所，几乎可以避免生命中所有的灾难。
爱情中需要有一种软弱无力的感觉，要有体贴爱护的要求，有帮助别人、取悦别人的热情——如果不是无私，起码是巧妙地遮掩起来的自私；爱情包含着某种程度的腼腆怯懦。