译文：修炼自己，第一要务是清心寡欲，为人处世，首先要做到谨言慎行。赏析：人要学会克制己欲，欲望过多，烦恼就多。什么都想得到，最后什么都得不到。放一颗平常心，或许就有意想不到的收获。处世戒多言，言多必有失。说话过多，就会出错，从而得罪别人。

The founders of a new colony, whatever Utopia of human virtue and happiness they might originally project, have invariably recognized it among their earliest practical necessities to allot a portion of the virgin soil as a cemetery, and another portion as the site of a prison.

伟大的设计以你从未想过的方式解决你未曾意识到的问题。

Sometimes, the smallest step in the right direction ends up being the biggest step of your life.