Misquotation is quotology’s swamp. Amateur quoters mix and mangle Shakespeare and Scripture. Professors gaffe and printers bungle. It’s a mess we must wade into.

Quotation lovers love rare words.

Like pollen on a honeybee, flattery clings to the things you tell yourself.

Flattery works like a drug.

Flattery.... gets its kicks by flirting with insult and ridicule.

Care for yourself enough to listen carefully to what you say to yourself.

In phrases as brief as a breath worldly wisdom concentrates.