“Genius is nothing but a greater aptitude for patience.”

“He that can have patience can have what he will.”

“Genius without education is like silver in the mine.”

“He who can have patience can have what he will.”

“A learned blockhead is a greater blockhead than an ignorant one.”

“My refusing to eat flesh occasioned an inconveniency, and I was frequently chided for my singularity, but, with this lighter repast, I made the greater progress, for greater clearness of head and quicker comprehension. Flesh eating is unprovoked murder.”

“Tis a great confidence in a friend to tell him your faults; greater to tell him his.”