The success of many books is due to the affinity between the mediocrity of the author's ideas and those of the public

The success of many books is due to the affinity between the mediocrity of the author's ideas and those of the public.

There are well-dressed foolish ideas, just as there are well-dressed fools

Never settle for mediocrity lest it become your tomb while you yet live.

A man is not necessarily intelligent because he has plenty of ideas any more than he is a good general because he has plenty of soldiers

Most books today seem to have been written overnight from books read that day