There is a natural aristocracy among men. The grounds of this are virtue and talents.

  • -- Thomas Jefferson 托马斯·杰斐逊

男人中有一种天生的贵族气质。其根据是美德和才能。

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By what criterion... can we distinguish among the numberless effects, that are also causes, and among the causes that may, for aught we can know, be also effects, - how can we distinguish which are the means and which are the ends?

的标准……我们能在无数的结果中加以区分吗?这些结果也是原因,而在我们所知道的原因中,也许也是结果,我们怎么能区分哪些是手段,哪些是目的呢?

Maybe you are searching among the branches, for what only appears in the roots.

也许你正在树枝间寻找,寻找只出现在树根里的东西。

The highest proof of virtue is to possess boundless power without abusing it.

美德的最高证明是拥有无限的力量而不滥用它。

Those are fools however learned who have not learned to walk with the world.

没有学会与世界同行的人,才是有学问的傻瓜。

Tis said that wrath is the last thing in a man to grow old.

有人说,人最不愿意变老的就是愤怒。

It is sad to grow old but nice to ripen.

变老是令人难过的,但成熟是件好事。