Power obeys reality, and not appearances; power is according to quality, and not quantity.

Some natures are too good to be spoiled by praise.

The difference between talent and genius is in the direction of the current: in genius, it is from within outward; in talent from without inward.

If you follow the suburban fashion in building a sumptuous- looking house for a little money, it will appear to all eyes as a cheap, dear house.

We expect a great man to be a good reader.

What we do not call education is more precious than that which we call so. We form no guess, at the time of receiving a thought, of its comparative value. And education often wastes its effort in attempts to thwart and balk this natural magnetism, which is sure to select what belongs to it.

The man of genius inspires us with a boundless confidence in our own powers.