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There are three faithful friends – an old wife, an old dog, and ready money. – Benjamin Franklin

We shall never have friends, if we expect to find them without faults. – Thomas Fuller

Genius is little more than the facutly of perceiving in an unhabitual way. – William James

Genius is the ability to reduce the complicated to the simple. – C.W. Ceram

Genius is one of the many forms of insanity. – Cesare Lombroso

The public is wonderfully tolerant. They forgive everything except genius. – Oscar Wilde

The trouble with our age is all signposts and no destinations. – Louis Kronenberger

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