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

Literature delivers tidings of the world within and the world without.

In Science the paramount appeal is to the Intellect-its purpose being instruction; in Art, the paramount appeal is to the Emotions-its purpose being pleasure.

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

If you feel yourself to be above the mass, speak so as to raise the mass to the height of your argument.

Many a genius has been slow of growth. Oaks that flourish for a thousand years do not spring up into beauty like a reed.

Vehemence without feeling is but rant.