As courage and intelligence are the two qualities best worth a good man’s cultivation, so it is the first part of intelligence to recognise our precarious estate in life, and the first part of courage to be not at all abashed before the fact.

勇气与智慧最值得一个正直的人培养；智慧首先在于认清人生处境的不稳，勇气首先在于面对这一事实而毫不退缩。