I particularly like the quote attributed to Samuel Johnson when asked to review a manuscript: "Your manuscript is both good and original; but the part that is good is not original, and the part that is original is not good."

I also like this wonderful curse: "May the curse of Mary Malloy and her nine blind, illegitimate children chase you so far over the hills of damnation that the good Lord himself won't find you with a telescope."

Perhaps the most damning of all is: "You have delusions of adequacy."