No arts; no letters; no society; and which is worst of all, continual fear, and danger of violent death; and the life of man, solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.

我们都希望一切保持不变。不如安于生活。

There is a stubbornness about me that never can bear to be frightened at the will of others. My courage always rises at every attempt to intimidate me.

如果爵位不高,那么人民就不敬重他；如果俸禄不重,那么人民就不会信任他；如果在理事时没有决断权那么人民不会敬畏他。