Next to invention is the power of interpreting invention; next to beauty the power of appreciating beauty.

Two persons love in one another the future good which they aid one another to unfold.

The critic is beneath the maker, but is his needed friend. The critic is not a base caviler, but the younger brother of genius. Next to invention is the power of interpreting invention; next to beauty the power of appreciating beauty. And of making others appreciate it.

Who does not observe the immediate glow and security that is diffused over the life of woman, before restless or fretful, by engaging in gardening, building, or the lowest department of art? Here is something that is not routine--something that draws forth life towards the infinite.

The civilized man is a larger mind but a more imperfect nature than the savage.

A man who means to think and write a great deal must, after six and twenty, learn to read with his fingers.

Next to invention is the power of interpreting invention; next to beauty the power of appreciating beauty.