Originality is independence, not rebellion; it is sincerity, not antagonism.

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

Books have become our dearest companions, yielding exquisite delights and inspiring lofty aims.

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

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

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

To one man a stream is so much water-power, to another a rendezvous for lovers.