Things will have their first, or second agitation: if they be not tossed upon the arguments of counsel, they will be tossed upon the waves of fortune; and be full of inconstancy, doing and undoing, like the reeling of a drunken man.

事情总要经历一番或另一番震荡：若不在商议的论辩中反复推敲，就会在命运的波涛中颠簸，变幻不定，做了又推翻，如醉汉般摇摆。