Solitude is the nurse of enthusiasm, enthusiasm is the true part of genius.

Philosophy becomes poetry, and science imagination, in the enthusiasm of genius.

The Self-Educated are marked by stubborn peculiarities.

The most noble criticism is that in which the critic is not the antagonist so much as the rival of the author.

Fortune has rarely condescended to be the companion of genius.

The delights of reading impart the vivacity of youth even to old age.

This is one of the results of that adventurous spirit which is now stalking forth and raging for its own innovations. We have not only rejected AUTHORITY, but have also cast away EXPERIENCE; and often the unburthened vessel is driving to all points of the compass, and the passengers no longer know whither they are going. The wisdom of the wise, and the experience of ages, may be preserved by QUOTATION.