I am now quite cured of seeking pleasure in society, be it country or town. A sensible man ought to find sufficient company in himself.

我现在已经完全改掉了喜欢社交的毛病，不管是在乡下还是在城里。一个明智的人应该在自己身上找到足够的同伴。

I believe that our society is merely a reflection of what is going on inside each and every one of us.

我相信我们的社会仅仅是我们每个人内心世界的反映。

I can imagine no society which does not embody some method of arbitration.

我无法想象没有哪个社会不体现某种仲裁方法。

I can think that you are mistaken, but I have to be ready to give my life to maintain your right to make mistakes. I have to, though, have the right to say that you're mistaken. This is the principal of the liberal society.

我可以认为你错了，但我必须准备好用我的生命来维护你犯错误的权利。不过，我有权利说你错了。这是自由社会的原则。

I don't believe society understands what happens when everything is available, knowable and recorded by everyone all the time.

我不相信当所有的东西都是可以得到的，知道的，并且被所有人记录下来的时候，社会会理解发生了什么。

I don't think anyone in the media thinks strategically about society.

我不认为媒体中有人会从战略角度考虑社会问题。

I don't think my principles change. I think the way in which you apply those principles to modern society changes.

我认为我的原则不会改变。我认为，你将这些原则应用于现代社会的方式发生了变化。

I don't think we live in a particularly equal society.

我不认为我们生活在一个特别平等的社会。

I feel bad about my outlook, how I feel about people and society, and that I'll never be part of society the way I should.

我对自己的看法很糟糕，我对人和社会的感觉很糟糕，我永远不会以我应该的方式成为社会的一部分。

I feel like sometimes that I was not meant for this society.

有时候我觉得我不适合这个社会。

I had three chairs in my house; one for solitude, two for friendship, three for society.

我家里有三把椅子;一个是独处，两个是友谊，三个是社交。

I have a total irreverence for anything connected with society except that which makes the roads safer, the beer stronger, the food cheaper and the old men and old women warmer in the winter and happier in the summer.

我对任何与社会有关的东西都完全不尊敬，除了那些使道路更安全、啤酒更浓、食物更便宜、使老年人在冬天更暖和、在夏天更快乐的东西。

I have always maintained that society has no business dictating morality.

我一直认为，社会无权决定道德。

I have always maintained that the one important phenomenon presented by modern society is - the enormous prosperity of Fools.

我一直认为，现代社会呈现的一个重要现象是——愚人的巨大繁荣。

I knew that I did not have to buy into society's notion that I had to be handsome and healthy to be happy. I was in charge of my "spaceship" and it was my up, my down. I could choose to see this situation as a setback or as a starting point. I chose to begin life again.

我知道我不需要接受社会的观念，即我必须英俊、健康才能幸福。我负责我的“宇宙飞船”，它是我的上，我的下。我可以选择把这种情况看作是一个挫折，或者是一个起点。我选择重新开始生活。