What we gain by experience is more real and more solid than what we gain by reasoning.
通过经验获得的东西比通过推理获得的东西更真实、更坚实。
爱护自己的体面不如注重廉耻;求医用药不如善养性情;结党营私不如昭示信义;作威作福不如诚恳笃实;过多的表白不如谨小慎微;巧取声名不如矫正自己心念;恣意于奢侈恣逸,不如从名教中自取其乐;安置田宅不如给儿孙多施家教。
这些人很少不是死于自己的所长,所以说∶事业达到顶峰就难以持久。
The best way to predict the future is to create it.