Genius--the free and harmonious play of all the faculties of a human being.
Education may work wonders as well in warping the genius of individuals as in seconding it.
Action and blood now get the game. Disdain treads on the peaceful name.
The head best leaves to the heart what the heart alone divines.
Anger is the resentment of the animal, and gentle blood alone makes the gentleman.
My favorite books have a personality and complexion as distinctly drawn as if the author's portrait were framed into the paragraphs and smiled upon me as I read his illustrated pages.