Sometimes men come by the name of genius in the same way that certain insects come by the name of centipede - not because they have a hundred feet, but because most people can't count above fourteen.

Everyone is a genius at least once a year; a real genius has his original ideas closer together.

Most men of education are more superstitious than they admit - nay, than they think.

Barbaric accuracy - whimpering humility.

A book is a mirror: if an ass peers into it, you can't expect an apostle to look out.