Good writers are of necessity rare.
If you feel yourself to be above the mass, speak so as to raise the mass to the height of your argument.
There are many justifications of silence; there can be none of insincerity.
Ideas are forces; our acceptance of one determines our reception of others.
The magic of the pen lies in the concentration of your thoughts upon one object.
Many a genius has been slow of growth. Oaks that flourish for a thousand years do not spring up into beauty like a reed.