Confidence isn't optimism or pessimism, and it's not a character attribute. It's the expectation of a positive outcome.

I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of any thing than of a book!

The sense of smell is a powerful and primal sense that connects us to the world in a unique way.

最好的股票是你已经拥有的那只。

他们遇事后退不言，但到朝廷上，看到对自己有利的事，唯恐说晚了。君主如果说了对他没有利的话，眼睛往下看，好像被噎得很厉害一样，并说∶“只有这个我没有学。”事情即使很紧急，他却会远远地走开。