Who said “Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity…”?

“Good behavior is the last refuge of mediocrity.”

“One would like to be grand and heroic, if one could; but if not, why try at all? One wants to be very something, very great, very heroic; or if not that, then at least very stylish and very fashionable. It is this everlasting mediocrity that bores me.”

“Little things affect little minds.”

“In the republic of mediocrity, genius is dangerous.”

“Mediocrity requires aloofness to preserve its dignity.”

“He had decided to live forever or die in the attempt.”

“He was a self-made man who owed his lack of success to nobody.”

“I want to keep my dreams, even bad ones, because without them, I might have nothing all night long.”

“Frankly, I'd like to see the government get out of war altogether and leave the whole field to private industry.”

“Like Olympic medals and tennis trophies, all they signified was that the owner had done something of no benefit to anyone more capably than everyone else.”