After making a mistake or suffering a misfortune, the man of genius always gets back on his feet.

One must indeed be ignorant of the methods of genius to suppose that it allows itself to be cramped by forms.

Adversity is the mother of progress.

Men of lofty genius when they are doing the least work are most active.

The promise of this life is imperiled by the very genius that has made it possible.

True genius resides in the capacity for evaluation of uncertain, hazardous, and conflicting information.