Talent is that which is in a man's power; genius is that in whose power a man is.
James Russell LowellComparative criticism teaches us that moral and aesthetic defects are more nearly related than is commonly supposed.
James Russell LowellThese pearls of thought in Persian gulfs were bred, Each softly lucent as a rounded moon; The diver Omar plucked them from their bed, Fitzgerald strung them on an English thread.
James Russell Lowell