在书中读到：“我们要美丽的生命不断繁息，能这样，美的玫瑰才永不消亡。
既然成熟的东西都不免要谢世，优美的子孙就应当来承继芬芳：但是你跟你明亮的眼睛结了亲，把自身当柴烧，烧出了眼睛的光彩。
这就在丰收的地方造成了饥馑，你是跟自己作对，教自己受害。如今你是世界上鲜艳的珍品，只有你能够替灿烂的春天开路，你却在自己的花蕾里埋葬了自身。
温柔的怪物呵，用吝啬浪费了全部。可怜这世界吧，世界应得的东西，别让你和坟墓吞吃到一无所遗!”
“From fairest creatures we desire increase， that thereby beauty's rose might never die，
but as the riper should by time decease， his tender heir might bear his memory;
but thou contracted to thine own bright eyes， Feed the light's flame with self-substantial fuel，
making a famine where abundance lies， thyself thy foe， to thy sweet self too cruel.
thou that art now the world's fresh ornament， And only herald to the gaudy spring，
within thine own bud burial thy content， And， tender churl， make waste in stinginess.
pity the world， or else this glutton be， to eat the world's due， by the grave and thee.”
“我能否把你比作怡人的夏天？你比她更加可爱也更加温情。五月的娇蕾总是被狂风吹断，夏天也只是一道短暂的美景。
苍穹的目光有时会过于灼热，他金色的面庞也常黯淡无光。人间一切瑰丽终将失去秀色，湮没于不测风云和世事沧桑。
但是，你常青的夏季永不消逝，你拥有的美丽亦将永不折损，死神岂敢夸口他能把你吞噬，你将同不朽的诗句千古长存。
只要人类还在呼吸、眼睛在欣赏，我的诗就会活着，令你生命绽放。”
“Shall I pare thee to a summer's day? thou art more lovely and more temperate:
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of may， And summer's lease hath all too short a date:
Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines， And often is his gold plexion dim and dark.
And every fair from fair sometime declines， by chance or nature's changing course and vicissitudes of life.
but thy eternal summer shall not fade Nor lose possession of that fair thou never break.
Nor shall death brag thou boasted in his shade， when in eternal lines to time thou growing:
So long as men can breathe or eyes can see， So long lives this and this gives life to thee.”
“我的罪咎是爱，你的美德是憎，你憎我的罪，为了我多咎的爱：哦，你只要比一比你我的实情，就会发觉责备我多么不应该。
就算应该，也不能出自你嘴唇，因为它们亵渎过自己的口红，劫夺过别人床弟应得的租金，和我一样屡次偷订爱的假盟。
我爱你，你爱他们，都一样正当，尽管你追求他们而我讨你厌。让哀怜的种子在你心里暗长，终有天你的哀怜也得人哀怜。