Sometimes we may learn more from a man's errors, than from his virtues.

So disasters come not singly; But as if they watched and waited, Scanning one another's motions, When the first descends, the others Follow, follow, gathering flock-wiseRound their victim, sick and wounded, First a shadow, then a sorrow, Till the air is dark with anguish.

Many a poem is marred by a superfluous verse.

The twilight that surrounds the border-land of old romance.

There's nothing fair nor beautiful, but takes Something from thee, that makes it beautiful.

Method is more important than strength, when you wish to control your enemies. By dropping golden beads near a snake, a crow once managed To have a passer-by kill the snake for the beads.

Would you learn the secret of the sea? Only those who brave its dangers, comprehend its mystery!