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• There is perhaps no surer mark of folly, than to attempt to correct natural infirmities of those we love.
• Thus far our fortune keeps an upward course, And we are grac'd with wreaths of victory.
  -- William Shakespeare, Henry VI. Pt. III. Act V. Sc.3...
• We gladly feast on those who would subdue us--not just pretty words.
• Here thou, great Anna! whom three realms obey, Dost sometimes counsel take--and sometimes tea.
  -- Alexander Pope (1688-1744) -- The Rape of the Lock, Canto iii, Line 7...
• Those who steal from private individuals spend their lives in stocks and chai
  hose who steal from the public treasure go dressed in gold and purple....
• I put it to you all. I think we shall end up with a fine crew.
  if we avoid temptation -- Picard, "The Naked Now", stardate 41209.2...
• To win one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the highest skill.
  To subdue the enemy without fighting is the highest skill. -- Sun Tzu...
• Most authors steal their works, or buy; Garth did not write his own Dispensary.
  -- Alexander Pope (1688-1744) -- Essay on Criticism, Part iii, Line 59...
• Wisdom consists of knowing when to avoid perfection.