张仲景：金匮要略·第370则

有周成王業，后稷播百穀。「皇天貽來牟，長世自茲卜。願言仍歲稔，四海盡蒙福。」〈五月〉當晝耘水田，農夫亦良苦。赤日背欲裂，白汗灑如雨。匍匍行水中，泥淖及腰膂。新苗抽利劍，割膚何痛楚。夫耘婦當饁，奔走及亭午。無時暫休息，不得避炎暑。誰憐萬民食，粒粒非易取。願陳知稼穡，《無逸》傳自古。〈六月〉大火既西流，涼風日淒厲。古人重稼穡，力田在匪懈。郊行省農事，禾黍何斾斾。碾以他山石，玉粒使人愛。大祀須粢盛，一一稽古制。是為五穀長，異彼稊與稗。炊之香…

And it is not to be wondered at if none of the above-named Italians have been able to accomplish all that is expected from your illustrious house; and if in so many revolutions in Italy, and in so many campaigns, it has…

The late Sir Arthur Helps, when speaking of high and low wages, and of the means of getting and spending money, thus expresses himself on the subject, in his "Friends in Council":"My own conviction is, that throughout…