There is a wisdom that is woe; but there is a woe that is madness.

There is no folly of the beasts of the earth which is not infinitely outdone by the madness of men.

I know not all that may be coming, but be it what it will, I'll go to it laughing.

All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players.

-- William Shakespeare

Brevity is the soul of wit.

-- William Shakespeare

I am like a wind-blown leaf, with nothing to compare to.

-- Ichiyo Higuchi

The train came out of the long tunnel into the snow country.

-- Yasunari Kawabata

I wish to die as Mori Rintaro, a man of Iwami.

-- Mori Ogai

Knowledge can be communicated, but not wisdom.

-- Hermann Hesse