It is unhappily true that much insincere Literature and Art, executed solely with a view to effect, does succeed by deceiving the public.

Books minister to our knowledge, to our guidance, and to our delight, by their truth, their uprightness, and their art.

Imagination is not the exclusive appanage of artists, but belongs in varying degrees to all men.

It is unhappily true that much insincere Literature and Art, executed solely with a view to effect, does succeed by deceiving the public.

The object of Literature is to instruct, to animate, or to amuse.

The public can only be really moved by what is genuine.

Science is not addressed to poets.