It might be more agreeable to the company, that their own servants and dependants should have either the pleasure of wasting, or the profit of embezzling, whatever surplus might remain, after paying the proposed dividend of eight per cent.

公司可能更愿意让他们自己的仆人和家属在支付提议的 8% 的股息后，要么享受挥霍的乐趣，要么享受挪用公款的利润，无论剩余多少。