译文：上面的官吏廉洁，民间的风俗也会随之改变。

一个幸福晚年的秘决不是别的，而是与孤寂签订一个体面的协定。

Consciousness is the cutting edge of adaptation.

人最珍贵的是生命，生命最珍贵的是道。

The process is the purpose.

美貌是所有理性男人都愿意掉入的陷阱。

The measure of a civilization is how it treats its artists.

最终，我们都只是故事，被讲述和重述，直到它们变成神话。

And that's a lot of the reason why we care so much about our careers and indeed start caring so much about material goods. You know, we're often told that we live in very materialistic times, that we're all greedy people. I don't think we are particularly materialistic. I think we live in a society which has simply pegged certain emotional rewards to the acquisition of material goods. It's not the material goods we want;

过去总是紧张的，未来是完美的。