翻译：君子要多了解古人的言论和行为，以蓄养自己的德行。

I am convinced that the substitution of a simple tax on the rent of land for the complicated taxes which at present oppress industry would be advantageous to all classes.

我们不是从祖先那里继承了海洋；我们是从子孙那里借来的。

Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours.