After being Turned Down by numerous Publishers, he had decided to write for Posterity.
In scattering seeds of kindness, do it by hand and not by machine.
Every Man is the Architect of his own Fortunes, but the Neighbours superintend the Construction.
Mark Twain said (particularly about Pink Marsh): "I have been reading him again, and my admiration overflows all limits. ... How effortless the limning! It is as if the work did itself, without help of the master's hand."
If it were not for the presents, an elopement would be preferable.
A man never feels more important than when he receives a telegram containing more than ten words.