No one minds what Jeffrey says:[…] it is not more than a week ago that I heard him speak disrespectfully of the Equator. - Sydney Smith

The fox, when caught, is worth nothing: he is followed for the pleasure of following.

The truth is, that most men want knowledge, not for itself, but for the superiority which knowledge confers; and the means they employ to secure this superiority, are as wrong as the ultimate object, for no man can ever end with being superior, who will not begin with being inferior.

Take short views,
Hope for the best,
and Trust in God.