But perhaps you young ladies may not care about the beaux, and had as lief be without them as with them.

但也许你们这些年轻的女士们并不关心这些花花公子，没有他们和有他们一样过着幸福。

I know men who say they had as lief read any book in a library copy as in one from their own shelf. To me that is unintelligible.

我认识一些人，他们说他们读过图书馆里的任何一本书，就像读过自己书架上的一本书一样。对我来说这是不可理解的。