It’s natural for me to fail winning respect
because all my efforts have come to nothing. But I’m quite sure I’m not an annoying
person.

一事無成不足敬，少惹嫌厭心自明。

I’ve never tried to find any community with
which to socialize. Only poetry and calligraphy keep me company without despising
each other.

交際塲上鮮蹤影，詩書爲伴未相輕。