Genius seems to consist merely in trueness of sight, in using such words as show that the man was an eye-witness, and not a repeater of what was told.

it in every fair face, every fair sky, every fair flower.

Some men, at the approach of a dispute, neigh like horses.

Let him go where he will, he can only find so much beauty or worth as he carries.

Hospitality consists in a little fire, a little food, and an immense quiet

Nothing can bring you peace but yourself. Nothing can bring you peace but the triumph of principles.

We are the prisoners of ideas. They catch us up for moments into their heaven, and so fully engage us, that we take no thought forthe morrow, gaze like children, without an effort to make them our own.