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上是明智的,我可能会预见到这切。
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。