All great authors are seers.

As all Art depends on Vision, so the different kinds of Art depend on the different ways in which minds look at things.

Language, after all, is only the use of symbols, and Art also can only affect us through symbols.

The true function of philosophy is to educate us in the principles of reasoning and not to put an end to further reasoning by the introduction of fixed conclusions.

The delusions of self-love cannot be prevented, but intellectual misconceptions as to the means of achieving success may be corrected.

Speak for yourself and from yourself, or be silent.

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