1. Egoists are inclined to take a pessimistic view of life. 利己主义者往往对生活持悲观态度。
2. Human beings are such egoists that even the weaker thinks that somehow he is going to win. 人类是那样一种自我中心者，连弱者都认为他有赢的可能。
3. While some individualists are egoists, they usually do not argue that selfishness is inherently good. 虽然某些个人主义者也是自我主义者，但他们并不认为自私就天生是好东西。
4. It simply was that we were such egoists, so self-engrossed, so wrapped up in ourselves that we hadn't a corner in our hearts for anybody else. 这仅仅是因为我们都是利己主义者，只顾及自己，太专注于自我了。 以至于我们的心中没有为别人留下一席之地。
5. Many people (especially those who politically distrust free markets) would expect a culture of self-directed egoists to be fragmented, territorial, wasteful, secretive, and hostile. 许多人（特别是不信任自由市场的人）预期（自我主义者的）“自我管理”文化会分崩离析、占山为王、挥霍无度、鬼鬼祟祟、和身怀敌意。
