在好处中要取大的,在害处中要取小的。在生活中会遇到好处,也会遇到坏处。对待好处,无疑应择其大者而取之,以获取最佳利益;对坏处,能避免则避免,不能避免则择其小者而取之,以最大限度地减少损失。
The uniform, constant, and uninterrupted effort of every man to better his condition, the principle from which public and national as well as private opulence is originally derived.
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
从长远来看,未来是由乐观主义者决定的。成为一个乐观主义者,不是要忽视现有的许多问题,而是想象怎么才能改善我们解决问题的能力。
译文:纵欲放荡、消极怠慢就不能勉励心志使精神振作,冒险草率、急躁不安就不能修养性情。