The only service a friend can really render is to keep up your courage by holding up to you a mirror in which you can see a noble image of yourself.
朋友能提供的唯一帮助，就是通过举一面镜子让你看到自己高尚的形象，从而保持勇气。
金钱被高估了。真正新鲜的事物很少会需要很多钱。不然的话，百万富翁们应该早就垄断了对新事物的发明了，但他们并没有。相反，几乎所有的突破都来自那些缺钱的人，因为他们被迫不得不依靠自己的热情、坚持与才智，去找到新的方法。贫穷是创新上的优势。
INDUSTRY. Lose no time; be always employ’d in something useful; cut off all unnecessary actions.
Old age is not interesting until one gets there.
