These proverbs, which contained the wisdom of many ages and nations, I assembled and formed into a connected discourse prefixed to the Almanac of 1757, as the harangue of a wise old man to the people attending an auction.

• 这些格言包含着古今中外的智慧，我搜录下来，编成一篇连续性谈话放在一七五七年的历书前面，像一位聪明的老人对人民大声演讲，叫他们注意一种拍卖似的。