A man may be very industrious, and yet not spend his time well. There is no more fatal blunderer than he who consumes the greater part of life getting his living.
Henry David Thoreau

Inanimate objects are classified scientifically into three major categories - those that don't work, those that break down and those that get lost.
Russell Baker

Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.
Ralph Waldo Emerson