To a great mind, nothing is little, remarked Holmes, sententiously.

对于一个伟大人来说，任何事是微足道的。福尔摩斯象在引用什么至理名言似地说。

" Go on, go on, Monsieur Grandet; a man's house is his castle, " said the president sententiously.

“说吧，说吧，格朗台先生；一个人的房子就是他的城堡，”院长用严厉的话说。

" Patch, " he said sententiously, " I've had my eye on you for several weeks" .

“帕奇，”他语重长地说，“我关注你好个星期”。

" There are few things so pleasant as a picnic lunch eaten in perfect comfort, " Elliott added sententiously.

“没有什么比舒适地享用野餐午餐更令人愉快的， ” Elliott 补充道。

" Well, you must persevere, " said Fanny sententiously. But it was obvious that her confidence in her own prescriptions had been shaken.

“那你就应当坚持，”范尼像引用警句一样说，“能持之以恒，绝对一事无成。”但是她对自己开的药方也失去。

" There are many things to be considered before that question can be answered properly, " I said sententiously. " First and fore-most, do you love Mr Edgar? "

“在正确地回答那个问题之前，有许多事要考虑的，”我说教似地讲着。“首先，最重要的是你爱爱埃德加先生？”

Chang added, a little sententiously: " It has always been her way to spare her lovers the moment of satiety that goes with all absolute attainment" .

Chang 补充道， 有点直言讳：“这一直是她的方式， 让她的爱人免于因绝对成就而感到满足的时刻” 。

The philosopher dies sententiously — the pharisee ostentatiously — the simple-hearted humbly — the poor idiot blindly, as the sparrow falls to the ground; the philosopher and idiot, publican and pharisee, all eat after the same fashion — given an equally good digestion.

哲学家死得有理有据——法利赛人死得很浮夸——头脑简单的人死得谦虚——可怜的白痴盲目地死去， 就像麻雀掉在地上一样； 哲学家和白痴， 税吏和法利赛人， 以同样的方式进食——前提是消化得同样好。