Genius, in one respect, is like gold; numbers of persons are constantly writing about both, who have neither.
Source: In The Cynic's Lexicon, ed. Jonathan Green, 1984.
-- Charles Caleb Colton, ( 1780-1832), English writer, cleric, merchant, eccentric; He was a noted eccentric, cleric and wine merchant best known for his collection of aphorisms in Lacon.