The men who really believe in themselves are all in lunatic asylums.

There are two kinds of charlatan: the man who is called a charlatan, and the man who really is one. The first is the quack who cures you; the second is the highly qualified person who doesn't.

There should be a burnished tablet let into the ground on the spot where some courageous man first ate Stilton cheese, and survived.

I said to him, "Shall I tell you where the men are who believe most in themselves? For I can tell you. I know of men who believe in themselves more colossally than Napoleon or Caesar. I know where flames the fixed star of certainty and success. I can guide you to the thrones of the Super-men. The men who really believe in themselves are all in lunatic asylums.

What are we going to do?" asked the Professor. "At this moment," said Syme, with a scientific detachment, "I think we are going to smash into a lamppost.

Happiness is not only a hope, but also in some strange manner a memory ... we are all kings in exile.

One elephant having a trunk was odd; but all elephants having trunks looked like a plot.