Never let the truth get in the way of a good story.
The exercise of an extraordinary gift is the supremest pleasure in life.
It is a good thing to write for the amusement of the public, but it is a far higher and nobler thing to write for their instruction, their profit, their actual and tangible benefit.
Never be haughty to the humble, never be humble to the haughty.
It is better to give than receive- especially advice.
Ignorant people think it is the noise which fighting cats make that is so aggravating, but it ain't so; it is the sickening grammar that they use.