Boast Quietly, With Decorum.

Intelligence In Isolation Turns To Aimless Marauding.

Lawyers May Reason Powerfully, But Power Settles Most Issues.

Wisdom Has Lost Repute Because It So Often Applies To A State Of Affairs That No Longer Exists.

Self-congratulation Pleases Only The Speaker.

Abyss-mongering Makes Professors And Poets Feel Daring.