Dressing up is inevitably a substitute for good ideas. It is no coincidence that technically inept business types are known as "suits." (Paul Graham)
From the still-vexed Bermoothes. (William Shakespeare)
Man is never honestly the fatalist, nor even the stoic. He fights his fate, often desperately. He is forever entering bold exceptions to the rulings of the bench of gods. This fighting, no doubt, makes for human progress, for it favors the strong and the (H. L. Mencken)
Respect a man, he will do the more. (James Howell)
The superior man cannot be known in little matters, but he may be entrusted with great concerns. The small man may not be entrusted with great concerns, but he may be known in little matters. (Confucius)
There's always somebody who is paid too much, and taxed too little - and it's always somebody else. (Cullen Hightower)
If winter comes, can spring be far behind? (Percy Bysshe Shelley)
Our main business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance but to do what lies clearly at hand. (Thomas Carlyle)
Humility is no substitute for a good personality. (Fran Lebowitz)
The goal of life is living in agreement with nature. (Zeno)