...the geometrician teaches me how to work out the size of my estates rather than how to work out how much a man needs in order to have enough....You geometers can calculate the area of circles, can reduce any given shape to a square, can state the distances separating starts. Nothing's outside your scope when it comes to measurement. Well, if you're such an expert, measure a man's soul; tell me how large or how small that is. You can define a straight line; what use is that to you if you've no idea what straightness means in life?

People pay the doctor for his trouble; for his kindness they still remain in his debt.

There is no genius free from some tincture of madness

The gladiator is formulating his plan in the arena or essentially Too late.

A good character is the only guarantee of everlasting, carefree happiness.

There has never been any great genius without a spice of madness.

When I think over what I have said, I envy dumb people.