Here are a few quotes that I’ve read after thrashing around online that hit home on some events and people.

“There is no better antidote against entertaining too high an opinion of others than having an excellent one of ourselves at the very same time.”
― Walter Scott, Waverley

“Who included me among the ranks of the human race?”
― Joseph Brodsky

“Feelings of superiority always stem from an illusion.”
― Marty Rubin

“The Duke has decreed that the Castle is not cold.” The gentleman’s lips are almost blue from this lack of cold. “And the Duke is right and correct in this as in all things.

…some very beautiful tapestries line the walls, but many of them are also full of holes. Perhaps the Duke has decreed that there are no moths, either.”
― Christopher Peter Grey, Leonardo’s Shadow

“Even great men bow before the Sun; it melts hubris into humility.”
― Dejan Stojanovic

“Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please. “
― Mark Twain

“Everything is funny, as long as it’s happening to somebody else. “
― Will Rogers

“We are what our thoughts have made us; so take care about what you think. Words are secondary. Thoughts live; they travel far”.
― Swami Vivekananda