人は、自分が信じたいものを信じる。

戒酗酒，酗酒伤神；戒色欲，贪色灭精神；戒美味，美味使精神昏沉；戒过饱，过饱使精神郁闷；戒多动，多动使精神混乱；戒多话，多话损伤精神；戒多忧，多忧使精神郁结；戒多思，思虑多刺激精神；戒久睡，久睡使精神疲倦；戒久读，久读使精神苦劳。

Every day is a new opportunity.

The present state of the system of nature is evidently a resultant of what it was in the preceding moment, and if we conceive of an intelligence which at a given instant comprehends all the relations of the entities of this universe, it could state the respective positions, motions, and general effects of all these entities at any time in the past or future.