“Brother, you can believe in stones, as long as you don’t throw them at me.”

“But once you throw a stone, there are ripples in the pond, even if you remove the rock.”

“Never throw stones if you think they're going to come back and hit you.”

“You will never reach your destination if you stop and throw stones at every dog that barks.”

“I don’t blame you for writing of me as you have. You had to believe other stories, but then I don’t know if any one would believe anything good of me anyway.”

“The writing of a poem is like a child throwing stones into a mineshaft. You compose first, then you listen for the reverberation.”

“A nickname is the heaviest stone that the devil can throw at a man.”

“You will never reach your destination if you stop & throw stones at every dog that barks...Better keep biscuits & Move on.”

“Believe me, you will find more lessons in the woods than in books. Trees and stones will teach you what you cannot learn from masters.”
Experto crede: aliquid amplius invenies in silvis, quam in libris. Ligna et lapides docebunt te, quod a magistris audire non possis.

“Sticks and stones may break your bones, but Chinese throwing stars get you a dozen stitches.”