译文：一个家族的衰败没落，多半是因为子孙们的骄傲懒惰所致；社会风气的败坏，多是因为富贵者的奢华淫靡所致。赏析：一个家族要想兴旺发达，必然有良好的家风传承，子孙门的骄奢淫逸只会让家族走向没落。

The significance of a mental state lies in what it leads to.

The act of reading is an act of resistance against forgetting.

我是那种会让你想扇你奶奶一巴掌的人。

The legislative cannot transfer the power of making laws to any other hands: for it being but a delegated power from the people, they who have it cannot pass it over to others.

你离死亡越近，就越能感觉到活着。