I am too intelligent, too demanding, and too resourceful for anyone to be able to take charge of me entirely. No one knows me or loves me completely. I have only myself.

译文：亲近贤臣，疏远小人，这是西汉兴盛的原因;亲近小人，疏远贤臣，这是东汉衰败的原因。

本能的本质在于它独立于理性而被遵循。

译文：人过于贪婪，就像蛇吃掉大象一样可怕，远处的山峰一座还比一座高大。赏析：人的欲望太盛反而会害了自己，贪婪成性，得寸进尺往往会丢掉性命。人做事要量力而行，好高骛远会适得其反。