and besides I was not only endowed with the faculty of speech, but likewise with some rudiments of reason, to a degree that, with all his acquaintance, I passed for a prodigy.

• 最糟糕的标志是你得到了他的一个许诺，如果他在向你许诺时还发了誓，那就更为糟糕；他这么做，每一个聪明人。都会自行引退，一切希望全都放弃。