Man usually avoids attributing cleverness to somebody else- unless it is an enemy

He had thought more than other men, and in matters of the intellect he had that calm objectivity, that certainty of thought and knowledge, such as only really intellectual men have, who have no axe to grind, who never wish to shine, or to talk others down, or to appear always in the right.

Every man in the world is better than someone else and not as good as someone else.

One may outwit another, but not all the others.

Most men are a little better than their circumstances give them a chance to be.

The greatest fools are ofttimes more clever than the men who laugh at them.

I'm afraid men are not always quite as clever as they think they are. You will learn that when you get a bit older, my girl.

Bear in mind, Sancho, that one man is no more than another, unless he does more than another.

Here lies one who knew how to get around him men who were cleverer than himself

An intelligent person hires people who are more intelligent than he is.

We like to believe that Man is in some subtle way superior to the rest of creation. It is best if he can be shown to be necessarily superior, for then there is no danger of him losing his commanding position.

I am not more gifted than anybody else. I am just more curious than the average person and I will not give up a problem until I have found the proper solution.

The cleverest of all, in my opinion, is the man who calls himself a fool at least once a month.

The greater intellect one has, the more originality one finds in men. Ordinary persons find no difference between men.