Fainthearted animals move about in herds. The lion walks alone in the desert. Let the poet always walk thus.
Source: In Words of Wisdom, by Wm. Safire & Leonard Safire, 1989.
-- Alfred Victor Vigny, (Mar 27 1797-1863), French man of letters; He was an early exponent of French romanticism, e.g., Cliq-Mars, 1826; he also translated Othello into French verse.