翻译：时势要求停止就停止，时势要求行动就行动，或动或静都不违背适当的时机，这样的前景就光明灿烂。
解释：大旱之年收购船只，大水之年抛售船只并收购车辆，待到大旱之年再抛售车辆。
The desire for recognition, the thymotic part of the soul, is the most fundamentally human part of the human personality.
Well may the boldest fear and the wisest tremble when they contemplate the condition of our country.
当他们思考我们国家的状况时，最勇敢的人可能会害怕，最聪明的人可能会颤抖。
Morality binds and blinds. It binds us into ideological teams that fight each other as though the fate of the world depended on our side winning each battle. It blinds us to the fact that each team is composed of good people who have something important to say.
数学的本质在于它的自由。