Such dispositions are the very errors of human nature: and yet they are the fittest timber, to make great politics of: like to knee timber, that is good for ships that are ordained to be tossed; but not for building houses, that shall stand firm.

• 这样的心性正是人性底溃疡，然而他们却正是造大政客的材料；他们就如同曲木一样，造船最好，船是天生要颠簸的，但是这种木材却不适于造房屋，房屋是要站得牢的。