The duties of all public officers are, or at least admit of being made, so plain and simple that men of intelligence may readily qualify themselves for their performance.
译文：一个人值得被传颂称赞，在于他有高尚的品德，不在于他有多高的地位；一个人被众人信服，在于他做事很务实，并不在于他只会夸夸其谈。赏析：生活中，我们欣赏一个人，都是看重对方的人品和素质。而那些狡诈多端，油嘴滑舌之徒，只会让人生厌。