I believe that nothing completely satisfies an imaginative writer but copious and continuous draughts of unmitigated praise, always provided it is accompanied by a large and increasing sale of his works.

The world's as ugly as sin, And almost as delightful.

It is a good thing to read books, and need not be a bad thing to write them, but in any case, it is a pious thing to collect them.

I believe that nothing completely satisfies an imaginative writer but copious and continuous draughts of unmitigated praise, always provided it is accompanied by a large and increasing sale of his works.