1.I find it wholesome to be alone the greater part of the time. To be in company, even with the best, is soon wearisome and dissipating.

【参考译文】我发现人若大部分时间用于独处，将有益身心。与人为伴，即使是挚友，也很快会有厌烦或虚度光阴的感觉。

【结构解析】“I find it wholesome to be alone the greater part of the time”句中“be alone”后省略了“in”，"in company"意思是“有人陪伴、与人为伴”，“even with the best”后省略了“friend”。

2. We meet at the post-office, and at the sociable, and about the fireside every night; we live thick and are in each other’s way, and stumble over one another, and I think that we thus lose some respect for one another.

【参考译文】我们相遇在邮局，邂逅在社交场所，围坐在夜晚的炉火旁，交情甚笃，彼此干扰着，纠缠着；实际上我认为这样我们都或多或少失去了对彼此的尊重。

【结构解析】“about the fireside”中的about意思是“在...附近，周围”，thick 在这里作副词，意思是“厚,浓,密”，如：Offers of help are coming in thick and fast.
四面八方立即伸出援助之手。