The self taught man seldom knows anything accurately, and he does not know a tenth as much as he could have known if he had worked under teachers, and besides, he brags, and is the means of fooling other thoughtless people into going and doing as he himself has done.

Repartee is something we think of twenty-four hours too late.

Age enlarges and enriches the powers of some musical instruments - notably those of the violin - but it seems to set a piano's teeth on edge.

Architects cannot teach nature anything.

Except a person be part coward, it is not a compliment to say he is brave.

There are two times in a man's life when he should not speculate: when he can't afford it, and when he can.

Thousands of geniuses live and die undiscovered - either by themselves or by others.