The Vain Man Makes A Merit Of

The Severest Critics Are Always Those Who Have Either Never Attempted, Or Who Have Failed In Original Composition.

Words Are The Only Things That Last For Ever.

If The World Were Good For Nothing Else, It Is A Fine Subject For Speculation.

Taste Is Nothing But An Enlarged Capacity For Receiving Pleasure From Works Of Imagination.

To-day Kings, To-marrow Beggars, It Is Only When They Are Themselves That They Are Nothing.