A Diploma is a piece of paper that proves patience more than it shows intelligence.

A Diploma is now the high school diploma for an office job.

A Diploma is the most expensive office decoration most people will ever buy.

A Diploma is just a fancy receipt

Expertise is to be taken seriously — A blind man is no judge of colors.

Expertise requires skill and practice — A pair of light shoes is not all that is needed for dancing.

Expertise is unappreciated by the rabble — Only an owl knows the worth of an owl.

Expertise is less valuabel in times of utter catastrophe — Even the best pilots are willing to take advice from their passengers in bad weather.

An Institution is the lengthened shadow of one man; all history resolves itself easily into the biography of a few stout and earnest persons.

The Institution is necessary to the nation — Individuals may form communities, but it is institutions alone that can create a nation.

The Institution is what springs up where there is a lull of truth, just as a snow-drift is formed where there is a lull in the wind.

An Institution is the lengthened shadow of one man; as, the Reformation, of Luther; Quakerism, of Fox; Methodism, of Wesley, Abolition, of Clarkson.