“Common sense is as rare as genius.”

“Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes.”

“Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.”

“Society is always taken by surprise at any new example of common sense.”

“brings domesticity and common sense, and that propriety which every man loves, directly into this hurly-burly, and makes every bully ashamed.”

“The peril of every fine faculty is the delight of playing with it for pride. Talent is commonly developed at the expense of character, and the greater it grows, the more is the mischief. Talent is mistaken for genius, a dogma or system for truth, ambition for greatness, ingenuity for poetry, sensuality for art.”

“Genius is religious.”