“Phd without common sense is nonsense”

“It is a thousand times better to have common sense without education than to have education without common sense.”

“Throughout the narrative you will find many statements that are obviously nonsensical and quite at variance with common sense. For the most part these are true.”

“For, what is order without common sense, but Bedlam’s front parlor? What is imagination without common sense, but the aspiration to out-dandy Beau Brummell with nothing but a bit of faded muslin and a limp cravat? What is Creation without common sense, but a scandalous thing without form or function, like a matron with half a dozen unattached daughters?And God looked upon the Creation in all its delightful multiplicity, and saw that, all in all, it was quite Amiable.”

“Perhaps there is more sense in our nonsense and more nonsense in our 'sense' than we would care to believe.”

“...a man of great common sense and good taste, meaning thereby a man without originality or moral courage.”