| James Wood, comp. Dictionary of Quotations. 1899. | | | | Brougham |
| | | A truly great genius will be the first to prescribe limits for its own exertions. | 1 |
| Respectable mediocrity offends nobody. | 2 |
| The lawyer is a gentleman who rescues your estate from your enemies, and keeps it to himself. | 3 |
| The parasite courtier in the palace is the legitimate father of the tyrant. | 4 |
| The schoolmaster is abroad. | 5 |
| To genius irregularity is incident, and the greatest genius is often marked by eccentricity, as if it disdained to move in the vulgar orbit. | 6 | | |
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