Mediocrity is excellent to the eyes of mediocre people.
We may convince others by our arguements, but we can only persuade them by their own
Space is to place as eternity is to time.
The dregs may stir themselves as they please; they fall back to the bottom by their own coarseness.
The ordinary true, or purely real, cannot be the object of the arts. Illusion on a ground of truth,--that is the secret of the fine arts.
Those readiest to criticise are often least able to appreciate.