Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain. (Friedrich von Schiller)

The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good. (Samuel Johnson)

It is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring. (Carl Sagan)

A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both. (Dwight D. Eisenhower , Inaugural Address, January 20, 1953)

I can write better than anybody who can write faster, and I can write faster than anybody who can write better. (A. J. Liebling)