“He remembered the old Chinese proverb, sometimes ascribed to Confucius: If you sit by the river for long enough, the body of your enemy will float by.”

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

“Shamefully, all of us have wanted revenge on someone at some point for something. I've lived since before man and buffalo roamed this small planet. I have survived the beginning, bloom, and death of countless enemies, civilizations, and people. And the one truth I have learned most during all of these centuries is the old Japanese proverb. If you sit by the river long enough, you will see the body of your enemy float by.”

“Alcohol is the river we sit on the banks of, contemplating. Sometimes we watch ourselves float past, sometimes we watch ourselves sink.”

“When the river rises, sometimes the only thing to do is float.”

“A Chinese proverb reminds us:You cannot prevent birds of sorrow from flying over your head, but you can prevent them from building nests in your hair.”