The way is long if one follows precepts, but short... if one follows patterns.
You can only acquire it successfully if you cease to feel any sense of shame.
Successful villany is called virtue.
A sword by itself does not slay; it is merely the weapon used by the slayer.
Fortune's not content with knocking a man down; she sends him spinning head over heels, crash upon crash.
Our fears are always more numerous than our dangers.