English "writer, cleric, merchant, eccentric".
"He was a noted eccentric, cleric and wine merchant best known for his collection of aphorisms in "Lacon.""
Genius, in one respect, is like gold; numbers of persons are constantly writing about both, who have neither."
The greatest genius is never so great as when it is chastised and subdued by the highest reason.
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
"Where we cannot invent, we may at least improve."
"Silence is foolish if we are wise, but wise if we are foolish."
