What I want to talk to you about today is the difference between gifts and choices. Cleverness is a gift, kindness is a choice. Gifts are easy -- they're given after all. Choices can be hard. You can seduce yourself with your gifts if you're not careful, and if you do, it'll probably be to the detriment of your choices.
译文:在平淡中交往的朋友,往往能长久维持;在平静安稳的环境生活,往往会延年益寿。赏析:君子之交淡如水。真正的朋友是看重对方的人品才交往的。清净养生,喧嚣伤身。安静的生活环境,平和的处事心态,方能益寿延年。
I am only resolved to act in that manner, which will, in my own opinion, constitute my happiness, without reference to you, or to any person so wholly unconnected with me.