Timing and arrogance are decisive factors in the successful use of talent.

Timing and arrogance are decisive factors in the successful use of talent.

This is an impressive crowd: the Have's and Have-more's. Some people call you the elites. I call you my base.

This is an impressive crowd: the Have's and Have-more's. Some people call you the elites. I call you my base.

Nobody can be so amusingly arrogant as a young man who has just discovered an old idea and thinks it read more

Nobody can be so amusingly arrogant as a young man who has just discovered an old idea and thinks it is his own.

Everything I do, I feel is genius. Whether it is or it isn't.

Everything I do, I feel is genius. Whether it is or it isn't.

There is a marvelous turn and trick to British arrogance; its apparent unconsciousness makes it twice as effectual.

There is a marvelous turn and trick to British arrogance; its apparent unconsciousness makes it twice as effectual.

Pretend inferiority and encourage his arrogance.

Pretend inferiority and encourage his arrogance.

The offspring of riches: Pride, vanity, ostentation, arrogance, tyranny

The offspring of riches: Pride, vanity, ostentation, arrogance, tyranny

He was like a cock who thought the sun had risen to hear him crow.

He was like a cock who thought the sun had risen to hear him crow.

When men are most sure and arrogant they are commonly most mistaken, giving views to passion without that proper deliberation read more

When men are most sure and arrogant they are commonly most mistaken, giving views to passion without that proper deliberation which alone can secure them from the grossest absurdities