The indefatigable pursuit of an unattainable perfection -even though nothing more than the pounding of an old piano -is what alone gives a meaning to our life on this unavailing star.
Logan Pearsall SmithEvery author, however modest, keeps a most outrageous vanity chained like a madman in the padded cell of his breast.
Logan Pearsall SmithWhat is more mortifying than to feel that you have missed the plum for want of courage to shake the tree?
Logan Pearsall Smith