Quaff, oh quaff this kind nepenthe, and forget this lost Lenore!

It may be roundly asserted that human ingenuity cannot concoct a cipher which human ingenuity cannot resolve.

Always keep a big bottle of booze at your side. If a bird starts talking nonsense to you in the middle of the night pour yourself a stiff drink.

The goodness of your true pun is in the direct ratio of its intolerability.

To vilify a great man is the readiest way in which a little man can himself attain greatness.

The want of an international Copy-Right Law, by rendering it nearly impossible to obtain anything from the booksellers in the wayof remuneration for literary labor, has had the effect of forcing many of our very best writers into the service of the Magazines and Reviews.

..bear in mind that, in general, it is the object of our newspapers rather to create a sensation-to make a point-than to further the cause of truth." Dupin in "The Mystery of Marie Roget