“Err my friend, but be not defeated and keep on moving.”

“A person who makes few mistakes makes little progress.”

“A library implies an act of faith which generations, still in darkness hid, sign in their night in witness of the dawn.”À qui la faute? (1872)”

“The Duke would not pay for the works. He says that the Castle can never be taken. That is called hubris, Giacomo, the belief that you are never wrong. Believing you are never wrong is an error that afflicts great men. I have learned that to be right you must first be wrong many times. Without making errors–and learning from them–a man cannot find the truth.”

“And now, for something completely the same:Wasted time and wasted breath,’s what I’ll make, until my death.Helping people ‘d be as good,but I wouldn’t, if I could.For the few that help deserve,have no need, or not the nerve,help from strangers to accept,plus from mine a few have wept.Wept from joy, or from despair,or just from my vengeful stare.Ways I have, to look at stupid,make them see I am not Cupid.Make them see they are in error,for of truth I am a bearer.Most decide I’m just a bear,mauling at them, – like I care.”

“Positive, adj.: Mistaken at the top of one’s voice.”

“Generally speaking, the errors in religion are dangerous; those in philosophy only ridiculous.”