He Not Only Overflowed With Learning, But

Have The Courage To Be Ignorant Of A Great Number Of Things, In Order To Avoid The Calamity Of Being Ignorant Of Everything.

[t]he 47th Proposition In Euclid Might Now Be Voted Down With As Much Ease As Any Proposition In Politics; And Therefore If Lord Hawkesbury Hates The Abstract Truths Of Science As Much As He Hates Concrete Truth In Human Affairs, Now Is His Time For Getting Rid Of The Multiplication Table, And Passing A Vote Of Censure Upon The Pretensions Of The Hypotenuse.

Some Men Have Only One Book In Them, Others A Library.

What Two Ideas Are More Inseparable Than Beer And Britannia?

In Composing, As A General Rule, Run Your Pen Through Every Other Word You Have Written; You Have No Idea What Vigor It Will Give Your Style.