读书的主要用途,就怡情而言,体现在独处幽居的时候；就敷彩而言,体现在交谈的时候；就长智而言,体现在判断处理事务的时候.
Their chief use for delight,is in privateness and retiring; for ornament,is in discourse; and for ability,is in the judgment and disposition of business.
---培根《of studies》