译文：奉承的话顺从了人的内心容易让人高兴，直率的话不能接受让人容易发怒。赏析：奉承的话虽然好听，但能让人迷失自我，直率的话虽然逆耳，但能让人清醒。我们少听阿谀的谗言，多听直率的忠言。
Be scrupulously truthful, even when truth is inconvenient, for it is more inconvenient when you try to conceal it.
"If you can’t fly, then run. If you can’t run, then walk. If you can’t walk, then crawl. But whatever you do, you have to keep moving forward."
人的仁慈从未削弱自由者的毅力或软化他们。一个国家不必变得残酷就可以坚强。
"The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it."
La puissance ne consiste pas à frapper fort ou souvent, mais à frapper juste.
Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.