—  Christopher Hitchens, 1949-2011, British-American journalist & writer

—  Mignon McLaughlin, 1913-1983, American magazine editor

—  Will Durant, 1885-1981, American historian & philosopher

—  Noel Coward, 1899-1973, British playwright

—  Frank Tyger, 1929-2011, American cartoonist

—  John Keats, 1795-1821, English poet

—  Saint Augustine, 354-430, Christian theologian & philosopher

—  Vladimir Nabokov, 1899-1977, Russian-American writer

—  Anonymous

—  Eric Hoffer, 1902-1983, American writer & philosopher

—  Fernando Pessoa, 1888-1935, Portuguese poet & writer

—  William Blake, 1757-1827, English poet & painter

—  Baruch Spinoza, 1632-1677, Dutch philosopher

—  Khalil Gibran, 1883-1931, Lebanese-American poet & philosopher

—  Thomas Jefferson, 1749-1826, American President [1801-1809]

—  Lyndon Johnson, 1908-1973, American President [1963-1969]

—  George Eliot, 1819-1880, English writer

—  Dr. Thomas Fuller, 1654-1734,  English physician and adage collector

—  Dr. Thomas Fuller, 1654-1734,  English physician and adage collector

—  Charles Caleb Colton, 1780-1832, English cleric & writer

—  Charles Caleb Colton, 1780-1832, English cleric & writer

—  Duc de Levis, 1764-1830, French politician & author of maxims

—  Duc de Levis, 1764-1830, French politician & author of maxims

—  William Shakespeare, 1564-1616, English poet & playwright ‐ Henry VI

—  Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, 1742-1799, German author of maxims

—  William Hazlitt , 1778-1830, English essayist & critic

—  Alexandre Dumas, 1802-1870, French writer

—  Alexandre Dumas, fils, 1824-1895, French writer

Φιλών μάλιστ’ εμαυτόν ουκ αισχύνομαι.

—  Euripides, 480-406 BC, Ancient Greek tragedian ‐ Cresphontes

Αετός μυίας ου θηρεύει.

—  Ancient Greek proverb

Ύβρις φυτεύει τύραννον.

—  Sophocles, 496-406 BC, Ancient tragic poet ‐ Oedipus king

Ω ταν, διδάσκου μη θρασύνεσθαι κακοίς.

—  Sophocles, 496-406 BC, Ancient tragic poet

—  American proverb