A quiet fool can go undiscovered for a long time.
The same old thing--even if it's champagne--is still the same old thing.
Excrement can never be culturally elaborated to the extent that nutriment can.
Weakness is a better teacher than strength. Weakness must learn to understand the obstacles that strength brushes aside.
Many attempt to harvest what was never planted.
The sage belongs to the same obsolete repertory as the virtuous maiden and the enlightened monarch.