幸運(yùn)所需要的美德是節(jié)制,逆境所需要的美德是堅(jiān)韌。
閱讀使人充實(shí),談?wù)撌谷藱C(jī)敏,寫(xiě)作使人精確。
一次不公的司法判決比多次不法的行為為禍尤烈。不法行為弄臟的不過(guò)是水流,而不公的判決則將水源污染了。
希望是一幅美好的早餐,但卻是一頓糟糕的晚餐。
閱非為抵駁亦非舌簧;覽不為胡謅而為衡慮。
?One foul sentence does more hurt than many foul examples. For these do but corrupt the stream;the other corrupt the fountain.
Read not to contradict and confute; nor to believe and take for granted; nor to find talk and discourse; but to weigh and consider.