121．不要小题大做

不要小题大做。有的人对任何事都喜欢搬弄是非，而有的则对任何事都喜欢大题小做。他们总是开口必言所谓大事，时时煞有介事，事事争议不休或弄得神秘莫测。如果可以避免，对麻烦的事情千万不要太过认真。把应抛掷脑后的事放在心上就十分愚蠢。许多事情看似重大，其实顺其自然就会变得无足轻重。区区小事如果小题大做，后果就会很严重。问题刚出现容易摆脱，若拖拉就难说了。药物本身往往会引起疾病。顺其自然是人生一大要则。

121．Do not make a business of what is no business

Do not make a business of what is no business. As some make gossip out of everything, so others business. They always talk big, take everything in earnest, and turn it into a dispute or a secret. Troublesome things must not be taken too seriously if they can be avoided. It is preposterous to take to heart that which you should throw over your shoulders. Much that would be something has become nothing by being left alone, and what was nothing has become of consequence by being made much of. At the outset things can be easily settled, but not afterwards. Often the remedy causes the disease. It is by no means the least of life's rules: to let things alone.