“I know nothing more stupid and indeed vulgar than wanting to be right.”
“Manners require time, and nothing is more vulgar than haste.”
“Lawyers make nothing but confusion... A lawyer is an instrument of the devil. In general, he's a fiendish idiot, banking on the stupidity of people much more stupid than himself, and by God he's always right.”
“There is nothing more horrifying than stupidity in action.”
“Nothing has more retarded the advancement of learning than the disposition of vulgar minds to ridicule and vilify what they cannot comprehend.”
“Nothing is more simple than greatness; indeed, to be simple is to be great.”