Common sense is genius in homespun.

But you can catch yourself entertaining habitually certain ideas and setting others aside; and that, I think, is where our personal destinies are largely decid…

Dogmatic common sense is the death of philosophic adventure. The universe is vast.

Shakespeare wrote better poetry for not knowing too much; Milton, I think, knew too much finally for the good of his poetry.

Genius is the ability to look at things simply.

Success is more a function of consistent common sense than it is of genius.

C'est bien la le genie: l'intelligence qui connait ses frontieres.