Genius seems to consistent merely in trueness of sight.
Every man is a quotation from all his ancestors.
Our poets are men of talents who sing, and not the children of music.
Moller, in his Essay on Architecture, taught that the building which was fitted accurately to answer its end would turn out to be beautiful, though beauty had not been intended. I find the like unity in human structures rather virulent and pervasive.
Self-trust is the first secret of success.
There is no one who does not exaggerate!