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。
自由是人类参与自身发展的能力，是我们塑造自我的能力。
It is hard to imagine a more stupid or more dangerous way of making decisions than by putting those decisions in the hands of people who pay no price for being wrong.
勤奋战胜贫穷，谨慎避免祸患，小心防止侵害，警惕免遭灾难。点评：《易经》曾言「君子终日乾乾，夕惕若。厉，无咎。」君子不仅整日自强不息、勤奋谨慎，而且到了晚上也心存警惕。如此这般，才能免除灾祸，事业得以顺利发展。
"The slow cancellation of the future has been accompanied by a deflation of expectations."