“There are no bad plants or bad men. There is only bad husbandry.”

“Remember this, my friends: there are no such things as bad plants or bad men. There are only bad cultivators.”

“There are no bad herbs or bad men; there are only bad cultivators.”

“My friends, remember this: There are no bad herbs, and no bad men; there are only bad cultivators.”

“There are no weeds, and no worthless men. There are only bad farmers.”

“With a tiny bit of effort, the nettle would be useful; if you neglect it, it becomes a pest. So then we kill it. How many men are like nettles... My friends, there is no such thing as a weed and no such thing as a bad man. There are only bad cultivators.”

“His tavern sign bore witness to his feats of arms. He had painted it himself, being a Jack-of-all-trades who did everything badly.”