Insincerity is always weakness; sincerity even in error is strength.
Books minister to our knowledge, to our guidance, and to our delight, by their truth, their uprightness, and their art.
Good writers are of necessity rare.
To one man a stream is so much water-power, to another a rendezvous for lovers.
All good Literature rests primarily on insight.
It is unhappily true that much insincere Literature and Art, executed solely with a view to effect, does succeed by deceiving the public.