No communication or gift can exhaust genius or impoverish charity.
The less you can enjoy, the poorer, the scantier yourself - the more you can enjoy, the richer, the more vigorous.
It is one of my favorite thoughts that God manifests Himself to men in all the wise, good, humble, generous, great, and magnanimous men.
Thinkers are as scarce as gold.
Not every one who has the gift of speech understands the value of silence.
The proportion of genius to the vulgar is like one to a million.