Mediocrity can talk; but it is for genius to observe

Mediocrity can talk, but it is for genius to observe.

It is a wretched taste to be gratified with mediocrity when the excellent lies before us

People living in mediocrity attempt to lower the performance of achievers.

Pray remember, Mr Dean, no dogma, no Dean.

The very phrase 'foreign affairs' makes an Englishman convinced that I am about to treat of subjects with which he has no concern.