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

Some men come by the name of genius in the same way as an insect comes by the name of centipede - not because it has a hundred feet, but because most people can't count above fourteen

What a blessing it would be if we could open and shut our ears as easily as we open and shut our mouths

The most dangerous of all falsehoods is a slightly distorted truth.

The highest level than can be reached by a mediocre but experienced mind is a talent for uncovering the weaknesses of those greater than itself.

When a book and a head collide and a hollow sound is heard, must it always have come from the book?