1、唯女子与小人,为难养也。近之则不孙,远之则怨。Of all people, girls and servants are the most difficult to behave to. If you are familiar with them, they lose their humility. If you maintain a reserve towards them, they are discontented.
2、敏而好学,不耻下问。 He was of an active nature and yet fond of learning, and he was not ashamed to ask and learn of his inferiors.
3、岁寒,然后知松柏之后凋也。 Only when the weather turns cold can we see that the leaves of pines and cypresses are the last to wither and fall.