We shall always keep a spare corner in our heads to give passing hospitality to our friends' opinion.

Know that morality is a curb, not a spur.

Strength is natural, but grace is the growth of habit. This charming quality requires practice if it is to become lasting.

The evening of life brings with it its lamps.

Professional critics are incapable of distinguishing and appreciating either diamonds in the rough or gold in bars. They are traders, and in literature know only the coins that are current. Their critical lab has scales and weights, but neither crucible or touchstone.

Never write anything that does not give you great pleasure. Emotion is easily transferred from the writer to the reader.

Politeness is the flower of humanity.