有些事情在我们的控制中,而其他事情则没有。我们控制的事情是意见,追求,欲望,厌恶,以及我们自己的行为。我们无法控制的事情是身体,财产,声誉,命令,以及一个词,无论我们自己的行为不是什么。
(Some things are in our control and others not. Things in our control are opinion, pursuit, desire, aversion, and, in a word, whatever are our own actions. Things not in our control are body, property, reputation, command, and, in one word, whatever are not our own actions.)