The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.

The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.

To educate the intelligence is to expand the horizon of its wants and desires.

To educate the intelligence is to expand the horizon of its wants and desires.

God made man stronger but not necessarily more intelligent. He gave women intuition and femininity. And, used properly, that combination read more

God made man stronger but not necessarily more intelligent. He gave women intuition and femininity. And, used properly, that combination easily jumbles the brain of any man I've ever met.

Intelligence is the wife, imagination is the mistress, memory is the servant.

Intelligence is the wife, imagination is the mistress, memory is the servant.

I must have a prodigious quantity of mind; it takes me as much as a week sometimes to make it read more

I must have a prodigious quantity of mind; it takes me as much as a week sometimes to make it up.

If the human brain were so simple that we could understand it, we would be so simple that we couldn't.

If the human brain were so simple that we could understand it, we would be so simple that we couldn't.

An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools.

An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools.

I can't tell you if genius is hereditary, because heaven has granted me no offspring.

I can't tell you if genius is hereditary, because heaven has granted me no offspring.

Man becomes man only by his intelligence, but he is man only by his heart.

Man becomes man only by his intelligence, but he is man only by his heart.