Arrogance is unwise — those who get too big for their britches will be exposed in the end

Arrogance is often to be found accompanying ignorance - the two words don't just rhyme.

Arrogance is a quality not just correlated with — but rather a manifestation of — stupidity, a result of stupidity.

Arrogance is not all bad — humble hearts have humble desires

Boredom is only for the boring.

Boredom is the antonym of solitude.

Boredom is rage spread thin.

Boredom is the failure of imagination.

Certainty is foolish ---- It’s not what we don’t know that gets us in trouble. It’s what we know for sure that just ain’t so.

Certainty is impossible — we see through a glass, darkly.

Certainty is an absurd one.

Certainty is dangerous — Human beings are perhaps never more frightening than when they are convinced beyond doubt that they are right.

Contempt is the unsullied conviction of the worthlessness of another.

Contempt is a dangerous element to sport in; a deadly one, if we habitually live in it.

Contempt is when you have nothing he wants.

Contempt is not a thing to be despised. It may be borne with a calm and equal mind, but no man, by lifting bis head high, can pretend that he does not perceive the scorns that are poured down on him from above.