Who said “To generalize is to be an idiot. To particularize is the alone distinction of merit.…”?

“Any general statement is like a cheque drawn on a bank. Its value depends on what is there to meet it.”

“We are more prone to generalize the bad than the good. We assume that the bad is more potent and contagious.”

“An idea is always a generalization, and generalization is a property of thinking. To generalize means to think.”

“Obvious enough that generalities work to protect the mind from the great outdoors; is it possible that this was in fact their first purpose?”

“A sweeping statement is the only statement worth listening to. The critic without faith gives balanced opinions, usually about second-rate writers.”

“Opposition is true friendship.”

“The strongest poison ever known came from Caesar's laurel crown.”

“As a man is, so he sees. As the eye is formed, such are its powers.”

“A truth that's told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent.”

“Nothing can be more contemptible than to suppose Public Records to be true.”

“The man who never alters his opinion is like standing water, and breeds reptiles of the mind.”