To take pride in a library kills it. Then, its motive power shifts over to the critical if admiring visitor, and apologies are necessary and acceptable and the fat is in the fire.

Circumstances alter faces.

A critic is a necessary evil, and criticism is an evil necessity.

Advice is one of those things it is far more blessed to give than to receive.

What is a magazine? A small body of Literature entirely surrounded by advertisements.

musicians rarely have a sense of humour, at least, about themselves.

Invitation is the sincerest flattery.