If sages were ever wise in their own behoof, I might have foreseen all this.

如果圣人在他们自己的行为上是明智的，我可能会预见到这一切。

'Girl number twenty unable to define a horse! ' said Mr. Gradgrind, for the general behoof of all the little pitchers.

“二十号女孩无法定义一匹马！ ” Gradgrind 先生说， 为了所有小投手的共同利益。

For honesty, truth-telling fairness, was Mary's reigning virtue: she neither tried to create illusions, nor indulged in them for her own behoof, and when she was in a good mood she had humor enough in her to laugh at herself.

诚实，讲真话的公平，是玛丽最主要的美德：她既不试图制造幻想，也不为自己的利益沉迷于幻想，当她心情好的时候，她有足够的幽默感来嘲笑自己。