与其因害怕可能发生的事情而怯懦地无所作为,不如以高贵的勇气冒险面对我们预期的一半的灾难。
It is better by noble boldness to run the risk of being subject to half of the evils we anticipate than to remain in cowardly listlessness for fear of what might happen.
How wonderful that we have met with a paradox. Now we have some hope of making progress.
因此,人们联合成联邦并使自己处于政府之下的伟大和主要目的是保护他们的财产。
If you're not stubborn, you'll give up on experiments too soon. And if you're not flexible, you'll pound your head against the wall and you won't see a different solution to a problem you're trying to solve.