I have fancied myself a rebel, but at every critical moment of my life, I have been exactly the child my parents raised. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

A man may be born a jackass; but it is his business if he makes himself a double one. – Martin H. Fischer (1879–1962)

Consequences are unpitying. Our deeds carry their terrible consequences, quite apart from any fluctuations that went before—consequences that are hardly ever confined to ourselves. And it is best to fix our minds on that certainty, instead of considering what may be the elements of excuse for us. – George Eliot, Adam Bede