"A fool is only troublesome, a pedant..." - Quote by Napoleon Bonaparte

“Flatterers and men of learning do not accord well with each other.”

“Space we can recover; time never.”

“From the heights of these pyramids, forty centuries look down on us.”

“Naturally, every age thinks that all ages before it were prejudiced, and today we think this more than ever and are just as wrong as all previous ages that thought so. How often have we not seen the truth condemned! It is sad but unfortunately true that man learns nothing from history.”

“It has been said that next to hunger and thirst, our most basic human need is for storytelling.”

“The great mass of people judge well of things, for they are in natural ignorance, which is man's true state.”

“Being young you have not knownThe fool's triumph, nor yetLove lost as soon as won,Nor the best labourer deadAnd all the sheaves to bind.”

“The wise know that foolish legislation is a rope of sand, which perishes in the twisting.”

“Any man may make a mistake; none but a fool will stick to it. Second thoughts are best as the proverb says.[Lat., Cujusvis hominis est errare; nullius, nisi insipientis, in errore perseverae. Posteriores enim cogitationes (ut aiunt) sapientiores solent esse.]”