Reason is， and ought only to be the slave of the passions， and can never pretend to any other office than to serve and obey them.
Time is a slippery thing: lose hold of it once, and its string might sail out of your hands forever.
时间是个滑溜溜的东西：一旦失去控制，它的线索可能会永远从你手中溜走。