var random_number = Math.random();
if (random_number < .12)
   {
   document.write('Posterity is as likely to be wrong as anyone else');
   }
else if (random_number < .24)
   {
   document.write('When dealing with the insane, the best method is to pretend to be sane');
   }     
else if (random_number < .36)
   {
   document.write('He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever');
   }
else if (random_number < .48)
   {
   document.write('All progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the part of every organism to live beyond its income');
   } 
else if (random_number < .60)
   {
   document.write('A silent man is wonderful to listen to');
   } 
else if (random_number < .72)
   {
   document.write('Man forgives woman anything save the wit to outwit him');
   } 
else if (random_number < .85)
   {
   document.write('There is a coherent plan in the universe, though I don not know what its a plan for');
   }        
else 
   {
   document.write('A human being must have occupation if he or she is not to become a nuisance to the world');
   }