A man of sense only trifles with them, plays with them, humors and flatters them, as he does with a sprightly and forward child; but he neither consults them about, nor trusts them with, serious matters.

  • -- Lord Chesterfield 切斯特菲尔德勋爵

一个有理智的人只会和他们玩些鸡毛蒜皮的事,逗他们开心,奉承他们,就像他对待一个活泼好动的孩子一样;但他既不向他们请教,也不把严肃的事情托付给他们。

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How full of trifles everything is! It is only one's thoughts that fill a room with something more than furniture.

每件事都是那么琐碎!只有一个人的思想才能使房间里充满不仅仅是家具的东西。

The man who goes alone can start today; but he who travels with another must wait till that other is ready.

一个人走可以从今天开始;与别人同行的,必须等候那人预备好了。

A man in debt is so far a slave.

一个负债的人到目前为止还是一个奴隶。