Even The Finest Sword Plunged Into Salt Water Will

The snake which cannot cast its skin has to die.

If you wait by the river long enough, the bodies of your enemies will float by.

A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials

The superior man is distressed by his want of ability.

He who spares the wicked injures the good

Often the hands will solve a mystery that the intellect has struggled with in vain.