No whit of difference

live a simple life

accurate

without striking a blow

rise steeply(stand like a wall)

dare not disperse one's attention

Guests feel at home

Handle affairs justly

well learned and informed

ravaged by successive wars

come to a bad end

not to want to eat

eat the bread of idleness

Be neither extravagant nor thrifty

to supersede somebody

Unalterable writings

burn one's boats(burn one's bridges)

incessant wars and endless distress

not to have a red cent to one's name

carry one's grandson in arms and dally with him--said of an old man enjoying life with no care