Labour not as one who is wretched, nor yet as one who would be pitied or admired: but direct thy will to one thing only, to put thyself in motion and to check thyself, as the social reason requires.

• 不要像一个被强迫者那样劳动，也不要像一个将受到怜悯或赞扬的人那样劳动，而要使你的意志直指一件事情，即像社会理性所要求的使你活动和抑制自身。