"Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher; all is vanity."

"Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was; and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it."

"That mine adversary had written a book."

"For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain."

"There is no new thing under the sun."

"And the grasshopper shall be a burden."

"We ought not be over anxious to encourage innovation, in case of doubtful improvement, for an old system must ever have two advantages over a new one; it is established and it is understood."

"Humor is the only test of gravity, and gravity of humor; for a subject which will not bear raillery is suspicious, and a jest which will not bear serious examination is false wit."

"What makes something special is not just what you have to gain, but what you feel there is to lose."

"Without the capacity to provide its own information, the mind drifts into randomness."

"Lasting change is a series of compromises. And compromise is all right, as long your values don't change."

"I must create a system, or be enslaved by another man's."