There Is Some Consolation In

Shakespeare, Who Never Could Think Up A Plot By Himself, Found This One [macbeth] In Holinshed's Chronicles, Changing It Just Enough So That No One Would Recognize The Source. He Didn't Count On The Resourcefulness Of Modern Scholars, Who Have To Discover Things Like This To Become Associate Professors.

If Only I Kept My Eye On The Ball, Looking Downward As Does The Pro There, I Might Not See Where It Was Going, At All, But There Might Be A Chance It Would Go There.

How I Love To Get A Letter! I Can Think Of Nothing Better Than Perusing An Epistolary Item. But Deep Is My Despondence, For I've Found That Correspondence Means That If You Want To Get 'em, You Must Write 'em!

Rather Than Earn Money, It Was Thoreau's Idea To Reduce His Wants So That He Would Not Need To Buy Anything. As He Went Around Preaching This Ingenious Idea, The Shopkeepers Of Concord Hoped He Would Drop Dead.

The Hand Is Quicker Than The Eye Is, But Somewhat Slower Than The Fly Is.