厚天高地，堪叹古今情不尽。痴男怨女，可怜风月债难偿。——曹雪芹《红楼梦》
Firm as earth and lofty as heaven, passion from time immemorial knows no end; Pity silly lads and plaintive maids hard put to it to requite debts of breeze and moonlight. ——Translated by Yang Hsien-yi and Gladys Yang
