第65章 Know how to withdraw.

If it is a great lesson in life to know how to deny,it is still greater to know how to deny oneself as regards both affairs and persons.There are extraneous occupations that eat away precious time.To be occupied in what does not concern you is worse than doing nothing.It is not enough for a careful person not to interfere with others,he must see that they do not interfere with him.One is not obliged to belong so much to others as not to belong at all to oneself.So with friends,their help should not be abused or more demanded from them than they themselves will grant.All excess is a failing,but above all in personal relationships.A wise moderation in this best preserves the goodwill and esteem for all,for by this means that precious boon of courtesy is not gradually worn away.Thus you preserve your genius and freedom to select the best and never sin against the unwritten laws of good taste.