Friends who are near to me I know well, because through the months and years they reveal themselves to me in all their phases; but on casual friends I have only an incomplete impression, an impression gained from a handclasp, spoken words.

• 我了解和我亲近的朋友，因为经过漫长的岁月，他们在多方面向我展示了他们自己；而对于偶尔相识的朋友我只有一种不完整的印象-----这些印象只是通过握手和言语而获得。