Talent is that which is in a man's power; genius is that in whose power a man is.
Among my Books. First Series. Rousseau and the Sentimentalists.
There is no work of genius which has not been the delight of mankind, no word of genius to which the human heart and soul have not sooner or later responded.
Among my Books. First Series. Rousseau and the Sentimentalists.
Every man feels instinctively that all the beautiful sentiments in the world weigh less than a single lovely action.
Among my Books. First Series. Rousseau and the Sentimentalists.
Sentiment is intellectualized emotion,—emotion precipitated, as it were, in pretty crystals by the fancy.
Among my Books. First Series. Rousseau and the Sentimentalists.
No man can produce great things who is not thoroughly sincere in dealing with himself.
Among my Books. First Series. Rousseau and the Sentimentalists.