Posterity is as likely to be wrong as anyone else.
Men of genius do not excel in any profession because they labor in it, but they labor in it because they excel.
Quotation, n: The act of repeating erroneously the words of another.
Speak properly, and in as few words as you can, but always plainly; for the end of speech is not ostentation, but to be understood.
The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd; indeed in view of the silliness of the majority of mankind, a widespread belief is more likely to be foolish than sensible.
If there's one thing I know it's God does love a good joke.
Every moment of one's existence one is growing into more or retreating into less.