I have learned this: it is not what one does that is wrong, but what one becomes as a consequence of it.

To be good is to be in harmony with oneself. Discord is to be forced to be in harmony with others.

No publisher should ever express an opinion on the value of what he publishes. That is a matter entirely for the literary critic to decide. I can quite understand how any ordinary critic would be strongly prejudiced against a work that was accompanied by a premature and unnecessary panegyric from the publisher. A publisher is simply a useful middle-man. It is not for him to anticipate the verdict of criticism.

As one knows the poet by his fine music, so one can recognize the liar by his rich rhythmic utterance, and in neither case will the casual inspiration of the moment suffice. Here, as elsewhere, practice must precede perfection.

Children begin by loving their parents; after a time they judge them; rarely, if ever, do they forgive them.

Pleasure is Nature's test, her sign of approval. When man is happy, he is in harmony with himself and his environment.

It is sweet to dance to violins When love and life are fair: To dance to flutes, to dance to lutes Is delicate and rare: But it is not sweet with nimble feet To dance upon the air!