The time at our disposal each day is elastic; the passions we feel dilate it, those we inspire contract it; and habit fills up what remains.

To overcome the anxieties and depressions of contemporary life, individuals must become independent of the social environment to the degree that they no longer respond exclusively in terms of its rewards and punishments.

野心是人类心中最后死去的情感。

译文：广泛听取意见才能明辨是非，偏听偏信则会昏聩。强调决策需兼收并蓄。