"A good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever."
国君若真的希望人口多而不希望人口少的话,如果要蓄养姬妾,就不能不节制。[说明∶老百姓也得有老婆生孩子,别抢人家的老婆] 
If you start out by promising what you don't even have yet, you'll lose your desire to work toward getting it.