当官从政，首先要使民风民俗敦厚；处理事务，首先要抓住问题的本质。

It is remarkable how much long-term advantage people like us have gotten by trying to be consistently not stupid, instead of trying to be very intelligent.

最大的风险是不冒任何风险。在一个快速变化的世界里，唯一注定失败的策略就是不冒险。

I grew up on the land, and I knew what hunger was.

I don’t care what you think unless it’s about me.