Man loves company - even if it is only that of a small burning candle.

One of the greatest creations of the human mind is the art of reviewing books without having read them.

How might letters be most efficiently copied so that the blind might read them with their fingers?

There is something in our minds like sunshine and the weather, which is not under our control. When I write, the best things come to me from I know not where.

The most perfect ape cannot draw an ape; only man can do that; but, likewise, only man regards the ability to do this as a sign of superiority.

He who is in love with himself has at least this advantage - he won't encounter many rivals.

Everyone is a genius at least once a year. The real geniuses simply have their bright ideas closer together.