The society which scorns excellence in plumbing as a humble activity and tolerates shoddiness in philosophy because it is an exalted activity will have neither good plumbing nor good philosophy: neither its pipes nor its theories will hold water.
I liked the challenge of writing in a very concise structure in which both meaning and form are important.
Talent in cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work.