Talent does what it can; genius does what it must.
Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

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Art and science have their meeting point in method.

The easiest person to deceive is one's self.

No author ever drew a character consistent to human nature, but he was forced to ascribe to it many inconsistencies.

The prudent person may direct a state, but it is the enthusiast who regenerates or ruins it.

There is nothing certain in a man's life but that he must lose it.