A man is but a little thing in the midst of the objects of nature, yet, by the moral quality radiating from his countenance, he may abolish all considerations of magnitude, and in his manners equal the majesty of the world.
置身万物之间,人虽渺小,却能凭面容中流露的道德光辉,使大小的衡量失去意义,以自己的举止匹敌世界的庄严。
— Ralph Waldo Emerson · Essays · Manners —