There is hope in extravagance, there is none in routine.
Want is a growing giant whom the coat of have was never large enough to cover.
A philosopher must be more than a philosopher.
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.
But we need not fear that we can lose any thing by the progress of the soul. The soul may be trusted to the end.
I must feel pride in my friend's accomplishments as if they were mine,--and a property in his virtues. I feel as warmly when he ispraised, as the lover when he hears applause of his engaged maiden.