Pride is generally censured and decried, but mainly by those who have nothing to be proud of.

Always to see the general in the particular is the very foundation of genius.

Mankind cannot get on without a certain amount of absurdity.

I love looking at famous people. Because of the way they look. Because of the way photography makes them look famous.

The general history of art and literature shows that the highest achievements of the human mind are, as a rule, not favourably received at first.

In the sphere of thought, absurdity and perversity remain the masters of the world, and their dominion is suspended only for brief periods.

Man may have the most excellent judgment in all other matters, and yet go wrong in those which concern himself; because here the will comes in and deranges the intellect at once. Therefore let a man take counsel of a friend. A doctor can cure everyone but himself; if he falls ill, he sends for a colleague.