Eulogy is nice, but one does not learn anything from it.
Wonderful women! Have you ever thought how much we all, and women especially, owe to Shakespeare for his vindication of women in these fearless, high-spirited, resolute and intelligent heroines?
Before you can be eccentric, you must know where the circle is.
Coroners' inquests by learned societies can't make Shakespeare a dead man.
Conceit is an insuperable obstacle to all progress.
There is all the difference in the world between departure from recognised rules by one who has learned to obey them, and neglect of them through want of training or want of skill or want of understanding. Before you can be eccentric you must know where the circle is.