When everybody actually is out to get you, paranoia is just good thinking.
-- Woody Allen

Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away...
-- Antoine de St. Exupery

Civilization advances by extending the number of important operations we can perform without thinking.
-- Alfred North Whitehead

The palest ink is better than the best memory.
-- chinese proverb

No amount of genius can overcome a preoccupation with detail.
-- Levy's Eighth Law

There is a luxury in self-reproach. When we blame ourselves we feel no one else has a right to blame us.
-- Oscar Wilde

Nothing is more dangerous than an idea if it's the only one you have.
-- Emil-Auguste Chartier

I believe that it is better to be looked over than to be overlooked.
-- Mae West

Striving to better, oft we mar what's well.
-- King Lear 1.4

The greatest of all weaknesses is the fear of appearing weak.
-- J. B. Bossuet