For of myself it might be said that whatever folly is possible to a moneyless man, that folly I have at one time or another committed. Within my nature there seemed to be no faculty of rational self-guidance.

就我自己而言，可以说，对于一个没有钱的人来说，无论愚蠢是什么，我都曾经犯过这种愚蠢行为。在我的本性中似乎没有理性自我指导的能力。