Once you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must be the truth. (Sherlock Holmes (by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1859-1930))

But at my back I always hear Time’s winged chariot hurrying near. (Andrew Marvell)

Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain. (Friedrich von Schiller)

Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake. (Napoleon Bonaparte)