Society can and does execute its own mandates， and if it issues wrong mandates instead of right， or any mandates at all in things with which it ought not to meddle， it practices a social tyranny more formidable than many kinds of political oppression， since， though not usually upheld by such extreme penalties， it leaves fewer means of escape， penetrating much more deeply into the details of life， and enslaving the soul itself.

译文：有德行的人不会去炫耀自己的长处，有修养的人是不会去夺取别人喜欢的东西。赏析：不要随便议论别人的缺点，切莫夸耀自己的长处。做人低调不张扬，才不会引起别人的嫉妒和报复。别人喜欢的东西，不要一心想占为己有。