Genius might be described as a supreme capacity for getting its possessors into trouble of all kinds

The oldest books are only just out to those who have not read them.

Books want to be born: I never make them. They come to me and insist on being written, and on being such and such.

If you follow reason far enough it always leads to conclusions that are contrary to reason.

He has spent his life best who has enjoyed it most. God will take care that we do not enjoy it any more than is good for us.

A drunkard would not give money to sober people. He said they would only eat it, and buy clothes and send their children to school with it.

The truest characters of ignorance are vanity and pride and arrogance.