Never exaggerate. It is an important object of attention not to talk in superlatives, so as neither to offend against truth nor to give a mean idea of one's understanding.

Exaggeration is a prodigality of the judgment which shows the narrowness of one's knowledge or one's taste. Praise arouses lively curiosity, begets desire, and if afterwards the value does not correspond to the price, as generally happens, expectation revolts against the deception, and revenges itself by underestimating the thing recommended and the person recommending.

A prudent man goes more cautiously to work, and prefers to err by understatement than by overstatement. Extraordinary things are rare, therefore moderate your valuation.

Exaggeration is a branch of lying, and you lose by it the credit of good taste, which is much, and of good sense, which is more.

切勿言过其实。重要的是要注意不要使用“最”来交谈，以免违背真理或给人以肤浅的理解。

言过其实是对判断力的一种糟蹋，显示出一个人知识的狭隘或品味的粗俗。赞美会激起强烈的好奇心，产生欲望，而如果之后人们发现不相符，这通常会发生，那么人们就会对欺骗产生反感，并产生报复之心，将赞美者和被赞美者一起贬低下去。

一个谨慎的人工作更加谨慎，宁愿少说也不愿多说。非凡之事很少见，因此你要节制你的评价。

夸大是谎言的一种，你会因此失去良好的品味和更良好的判断力，这两者都很重要。

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