Genius :
I can always leave off talking when I hear a master play.	- Robert Browing
Genius does what it must, and talent does what it can.	- E. Bulwer-Lytton
Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius.	- Arthur Canan Doyle
Mediocrity has no greater consolation than in the thought that genius is not immortal.	- Goethe
Genius only means an infinite capacity for taking pains.	- Jane Hopkins
Talent is that which is in a man's power; genius is that in whose power a man is.	- James Lowell
There is no great genius without a touch of madness.	- Seneca
Giving :
You need more tact in the dangerous art of giving presents than in any other social action.	- William Bolitho
The manner of giving is worth more than the gift.	- Carneille
Gifts are scorn'd where givers are despis'd.	- John Dryden
A gift much expected is paid, not given.Gifts are scorn'd where givers are despis'd.	- George Herbert
Giving requires good sense.	- Ovid
Every man is a friend to him that giveth gifts.	- Proverbs 19:6
Gratitude :
Gratitude is a fruit of great cultivation: you do not find it among gross people.	- Samuel Johnson
Gratitude, in most men, is only a strong and secret hope of greater favours.	- La Rochefoucauld
He who receives a benefit with gratitude repays the first installment on his debt.	- Seneca