THE ART OF PUBLIC SPEAKING

 Sense never fails to give them that have it, Words enough to make them understood. It too often happens in some conversations, as in Apothecary¹ Shops, that those Pots that are Empty, or have Things of small Value in them, are as gaudily² Dress'd as those that are full of precious Drugs.

 

They that soar too high, often fall hard, making a low and level Dwelling³ preferable. The tallest Trees are most in the Power of the Winds, and Ambitious Men of the Blasts of Fortune. Buildings have need of a good Foundation, that lie so much exposed to the Weather.

 

—William Penn.

1 apothecary   

n.药剂师

参考例句：

• I am an apothecary of that hospital.我是那家医院的一名药剂师。
• He was the usual cut and dry apothecary,of no particular age and color.他是那种再普通不过的行医者，说不出多大年纪，相貌也没什么值得一提的。

2 gaudily   

adv.俗丽地

参考例句：

• She painted her lips gaudily. 她的嘴唇涂得很俗艳。 来自互联网

3 dwelling   

n.住宅，住所，寓所

参考例句：

• Those two men are dwelling with us.那两个人跟我们住在一起。
• He occupies a three-story dwelling place on the Park Street.他在派克街上有一幢3层楼的寓所。