For honour is,or should be,the place of virtue: and as in nature things move violently to their place,and calmly in their place: so virtue in ambition is violent,in authority settled and calm.

• 因为权位是，或者应当是，德能之所在；并且，如在自然界一样，事物向它们底位置动的时候，其动甚烈，而在它们底地位中动的时候其动甚和缓，所以德能在努力上达的时候是猛烈的，而在当权的时候是安稳平和的。