勤俭了就有了约束，有约束了就会各种好事都做；奢侈就放肆，放肆则各种坏事都泛滥。

If we had paid no more attention to our plants than we have to our children, we would now be living in a jungle of weeds.

因害怕文字狱而避开，著书只是为了谋生。

译文：奢侈无度可以让家业衰败，过于吝啬也可以让家业衰败；过于愚笨可以坏事，精明过于也可以坏事。赏析：挥霍无度，浪费钱财，过分追求物质享受，再多的家产也可以被败光，而过分吝啬，不懂得散财，不懂得让金钱为我所用，再多的家产都无法产生价值。只会赚钱，不会用钱，金钱将失去意义；只会用钱，不会赚钱，金钱无处可来。人如果愚钝不开，就不会明白世间的道理，做事毫无章法，自然难以成事；而人过于精明，不懂得收敛锋芒，处处要占上风，处处算计别人，做事也难以成功。

But who prays for Satan? Who, in eighteencenturies, has had the common humanity to pray for the one sinner that needed it most?（From Jane Lampton Clemens）

Our frustration is greater when we have much and want more than when we have nothing and want some. We are less dissatisfied when we lack many things than when we seem to lack but one thing.

我们最害怕的变化可能包含着我们的救赎。

"Cada livro é uma porta para um novo mundo, uma nova experiência."

"Every word we write is a step towards understanding ourselves and the world around us."