Sleep on your writing; take a walk over it; scrutinize it of a morning; review it of an afternoon; digest it after a meal; let it sleep in your drawer a twelvemonth; never venture a whisper about it to your friend, if he be an author especially.

Who speaks to the instincts speaks to the deepest in mankind, and finds the readiest response.

Action and blood now get the game. Disdain treads on the peaceful name.

Debate is angular, conversation circular and radiant of the underlying unity.

Enthusiasm is essential to the successful attainment of any high endeavor.

Every sin provokes its punishment.

The wisest and best are repulsive, if they are characterized by repulsive manners. Politeness is an easy virtue, costs little, and has great purchasing power.