Every poem is a small revolution.

The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work.

I prefer to supervise the whole operations of the government myself rather than entrust the public business to subordinates.

读书学习的人要像闺中少女一样小心谨慎对待别人。做官之后如同过了门的媳妇，要使百姓能各有所养。年老辞官后如同慈祥的老太婆，要担负起教育后人的责任。