奢侈者常嫌不够富足，节俭者虽贫穷却有余藏；奢侈者心常常贫困，节俭者的心常常富贵。

"The artist is the creator of beautiful things. To reveal art and conceal the artist is art's aim."

胜绰不是不懂得这些道理，而是他把俸禄看得比义还重要。 

That “democracy” is a somewhat vague term which I cannot define precisely. We ought to say, therefore: “I am fairly certain that it is a good thing if a government has something of the characteristics that are common to the British and American Constitutions,” or something of this sort.