Stupidity has its sublime as well as genius, and he who carries that quality to absurdity has reached it; which is always a source of amusement to sensible people.
To do nothing by halves is the way of noble spirits.
An illusion which makes me happy is worth a verity which drags me to the ground.
The cleverest of all the devils is Opportunity.
The compulsion of fate is bitter.
It is commonly a dangerous thing for a man to have more sense than his neighbors. Socrates paid for his superiority with his life; and if Aristotle saved his skin, it was by taking to his heels in time.