Insincerity is always weakness; sincerity even in error is strength.
Many a genius has been slow of growth. Oaks that flourish for a thousand years do not spring up into beauty like a reed.
Books have become our dearest companions, yielding exquisite delights and inspiring lofty aims.
No man ever made a great discovery without the exercise of the imagination.
The real people of genius were resolute workers not idle dreamers.
Genius is rarely able to give any account of its own processes.