To one man a stream is so much water-power, to another a rendezvous for lovers.

All bad Literature rests upon imperfect insight, or upon imitation, which may be defined as seeing at second-hand.

A man may be variously accomplished, and yet be a feeble poet.

Heart and Brain are the two lords of life. In the metaphors of ordinary speech and in the stricter language of science, we use these terms to indicate two central powers, from which all motives radiate, to which all influences converge.

There are many justifications of silence; there can be none of insincerity.

It is not enough that a man has clearness of vision, and reliance on sincerity, he must also have the art of expression, or he will remain obscure.

Personal experience is the basis of all real literature.