Genius - To know without having learned to draw just conclusions from unknown premises to discern the soul of things.
History is an account mostly false, of events mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers, mostly knaves, and soldiers, mostly fools.
Pray To ask that the laws of the universe be annulled in behalf of a single petitioner confessed unworthy.
All are lunatics, but he who can analyze his delusions is called a philosopher.
Acquaintance. A person whom we know well enough to borrow from, but not well enough to lend to.
Absurdity. A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one's own opinion.
Abstainer. A weak man who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure.
Quoting the act of repeating erroneously the words of another.
The world has suffered more from the ravages of ill-advised marriages than from virginity.
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