The Best Genius Is That Which Absorbs

It Seems To Me That Every Phenomenon, Every Fact, Itself Is The Really Interesting Object. Whoever Explains It, Or Connects It With Other Events, Usually Only Amuses Himself Or Makes Sport Of Us, As, For Instance, The Naturalist Or Historian. But A Single Action Or Event Is Interesting, Not Because It Is Explainable, But Because It Is True.

A Stated Truth Loses Its Grace, But A Repeated Error Appears Insipid And Ridiculous.

To Live Within Limits. To Want One Thing. Or A Few Things Very Much And Love Them Dearly. Cling To Them, Survey Them From Every Angle. Become One With Them - That Is What Makes The Poet, The Artist, The Human Being.

Love Can Do Much, But Duty More.

Beware Of Wishing For Anything In Youth, Because You Will Get It In Middle Age.