I've learned that you can't control what other people think of you, but you can control what you think of yourself.

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。

死亡不算什么，但每天生活在失败和没有荣耀中就是每天都在死去。

A poet must be like a tree, rooted in his native soil, drawing nourishment from it to bear fruit.

解释：犯了错误能够改正的人，是百姓中的上等人。