Beauty without grace is the hook without the bait.

Genius seems to consistent merely in trueness of sight.

Beware of what you want-for you will get it.

Great geniuses have the shortest biographies. Their cousins can tell you nothing about them. They lived in their writings, and sotheir house and street life was trivial and commonplace. If you would know their tastes and complexions, the most admiring of their readers most resembles them.

Good bye, proud world! I'm going home; Thou art not my friend, and I'm not thine

The poorest experience is rich enough for all the purposes of expressing thought

The man (or woman) who can make hard things easy is the educator.