I'm drawn to a lovely quote by St. Augustine in "The City of God," where he says, "It's a sin to judge any man by his post." In modern English that would mean it's a sinto come to any view of who you should talk to, dependent on their business card. It's not the post that should count. According to St. Augustine, only God can really put everybody in their place; he's going to do that on the Day of Judgment, with angels and trumpets, and the skies will open. Insane idea, if you're a secularist person, like me. But something very valuable in that idea, nevertheless.

译文：处理事情应该宽大平和，而不能有松散懈怠的毛病；处世贵在严格，而不能过于激烈操切。赏析：做事如果松散懈怠，就会功败垂成。处世遵守规定是好事，但操之过急也会适得其反。

写作是一种乐观的行为。如果你觉得它不重要，你就不会费心去做。

No arts; no letters; no society; and which is worst of all, continual fear and danger of violent death; and the life of man, solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.