From various places…

If the assumptions are wrong, so are the conclusions. [Murphy’s Laws of Combat, Marion F. Sturkey]

No man’s life, liberty or property is safe while the Legislature is in session.  [Mark Twain]

Old age is like a plane flying through a storm. Once you are aboard, there is nothing you can do about it.  [Golda Meir]

The older I get, the more clearly I remember things that never happened. [Mark Twain]

Never confuse education with intelligence, you can have a PhD and still be an idiot.  [Richard Feynman]

Ain’t but three things in this world that’s worth a solitary dime, but old dogs and children and watermelon wine.  [A 65-year old gentleman in Miami, Florida]

The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good. [Samuel Johnson]

I don’t get my news from CNN for the same reason I don’t eat out of the toilet.  [Roger Stone]

Tell a man that there are 400 billion stars and he’ll believe you. Tell him a bench has wet paint and he has to touch it.  [Steven Wright]

What can be added to the happiness of the man who is in health, who is out of debt, and has a clear conscience.  [Adam Smith]

Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.   [George Bernard Shaw]

The Frenchman may fight for France, but the American fights for mankind, for freedom; for the people, not the land.  [Michael Shaara]

If someone despises me. That’s their problem.  [Marcus Aurelius]

Social media made y’all way too comfortable with disrespecting people and not getting punched in the face for it.  [Mike Tyson]

A man who fears suffering is already suffering from what he fears.  [Montaigne]

You are the only person who cares about your excuses.  [Shane Parrish]

One day, you will wake up and there won’t be any more time to do the one thing you’ve always wanted. Do it now.  Paulo Coelho]

Change your opinions, keep to your principles, change your leaves, keep intact your roots.  [Victor Hugo]

History, in general, only informs us what bad government is. [Thomas Jefferson]

When setting out on a journey, do not seek advice from those who have never left home.  [Rumi]

In the short term, you are as good as your intensity. In the long term, you are only as good as your consistency.  [Shane Parrish]

When a clown moves into a palace, he doesn’t become a king. The palace becomes a circus.  [Turkish proverb]

Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.  [Voltaire]

Being dead is like being stupid. Everyone knows it but you. [Unknown]

Always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented. [Elie Wiesel]

Humanity has won its battle. Liberty now has a country.  [Marquis De Lafayette]

One of the painful signs of years of dumbed-down education is how many people are unable to make a coherent argument. They can vent their emotions, question other people’s motives, make bold assertions, repeat slogans – anything except reason.  [Thomas Sowell]

So many of these are even more applicable today… sigh