The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe

He told me it was men of desperate fortunes on one hand, or of aspiring, superior fortunes on the other, who went abroad upon adventures, to rise by enterprise, and make themselves famous in undertakings of a nature out of the common road;

他告诉我，一方面是绝望的穷人，另一方面是雄心勃勃的富人，他们才会去海外冒险，通过创业来提升自己，通过不平凡的事业来成名。

He told me I might judge of the happiness of this state by this one thing—viz. that this was the state of life which all other people envied;

他告诉我，我可以从这一点判断这种生活状态的幸福——那就是这是所有人都羡慕的生活状态；