The eagle never lost so much time as when he submitted to learn of the crow.

以这样奢侈的国君,去统治那些爱好奢侈的臣民,想要国家不动乱,是不可能的。

"The world is a stage, but the play is badly cast."

The things we admire in men, kindness and generosity, openness, honesty, understanding and feeling, are the concomitants of failure in our system. And those traits we detest, sharpness, greed, acquisitiveness, meanness, egotism and self-interest, are the traits of success.