【译文】 孔子说：“不到苦思冥想时，不去提醒；不到欲说无语时，不去引导。不能举一例能理解三个类似的问题，就不要再教他了。”

《与邵元冲的谈话》（1919年5月20日）

The universe is indifferent to our existence.

I must confess that I never could see any beauty in her. Her face is too thin; her complexion has no brilliancy; and her features are not at all handsome. Her nose wants character; there is nothing marked in its lines. Her teeth are tolerable, but not out of the common way; and as for her eyes, which have sometimes been called so fine, I could never see anything extraordinary in them.

解释：把腹心的疾病去掉，而放在大腿胳臂上，有什么益处？