Ten of Li Hongzhang's famous sayings are as follows:

1. Being an official does not mean you can enjoy happiness. As long as you have money in your bag, grain in your warehouse, and poems and books in your belly, you will be the prime minister in the mountains.

2. The most difficult thing to write in the world is your own name. Signing this traitorous treaty will bring you eternal infamy! You are still young and there is still a long way to go! Let me do it.

3. All political economists admit that competition energizes markets around the world, and competition applies to both goods and labor.

4. We welcome you to invest in China, and you will provide funds and technicians. But things like railways and telecommunications are under our own control.

5. We have very good schools, but only children from rich families who can afford the tuition can go to school. Children from poor families have no chance to go to school.

6. To handle world affairs, it is more important to be honest than to be modest. Without true knowledge and insights, one cannot do things, nor can one discuss things. Being noble of ears and ignorant of eyes is the worst way to get things done.

7. The law treats people first and then acts, and things change as time goes by. If you stick to the old rules and stick to the past, you will not be able to achieve it, and it will not be successful until it is achieved.

8. The hibiscus emerges from the water, its brilliance is dazzling. Once upon a time did it lose its original color? The green pines and verdant cypresses look ordinary, but they will last for a hundred years.

10. However, the body is sick, but the mind cannot be sick. When you are sick, you should take a rest to nourish your body, but not let your ambition become depressed. If the mind is firm and clear, the yin and yang will retreat and obey the orders.