Books minister to our knowledge, to our guidance, and to our delight, by their truth, their uprightness, and their art.
In all sincere speech there is power, not necessarily great power, but as much as the speaker is capable of.
Genius is rarely able to give any account of its own processes.
The object of Literature is to instruct, to animate, or to amuse.
Sincerity is moral truth.
Remember that every drop of rain that falls bears into the bosom of the earth a quality of beautiful fertility.