译文：结交朋友如果是为了脸面有光，那不如结交对自己有身心有益的朋友；教导子弟求取富贵荣华，不如告诉子弟们养成良好的品行。赏析：《大学》一书中说：自天子以至于庶人，壹是皆以修身为本。意思是说，不管是天子还是百姓，都应该把修身作为自己的立身之本。做事就是做人，人做好了，事情自然就会成。

Hypocrisy is the death of the self.

I know that self-promotion happens a lot and it is not a bad thing. But I do not regard it as something positive.

"The absurd is the essential concept and the first truth."

质量意味着在没人看的时候也要把事情做对。