The Best Things Are The Most Common.

There Are Men Who Are Happy Without Knowing It.

It Is Easy To Criticize An Author, But Difficult To Appreciate Him.

Persons Of Rank Do Not Talk About Such Trifles As The Common People Do; But The Common People Do Not Busy Themselves About Such Frivolous Things As Do Persons Of Rank.

Superficial Knowledge ... Is Hurtful To Those Who Possess True Genius; For It Necessarily Draws Them Away From Their Main Object, Wastes Their Industry Over Details And Subjects Foreign To Their Needs And Natural Talent, And Lastly Does Not Serve, As They Flatter Themselves, To Prove The Breadth Of Their Mind. In All Ages There Have Been Men Of Very Moderate Intelligence Who Knew Much, And So On The Contrary, Men Of The Highest Intelligence Who Knew Very Little. Ignorance Is Not Lack Of Intelligence, Nor Knowledge A Proof Of Genius.

Great Men Are Sometimes So Even In Small Things.