The Ancient Mariner would not have taken so well if it had been called The Old Sailor.

Fear is static that prevents me from hearing myself.

From a worldly point of view, there is no mistake so great as that of being always right.

Books are like imprisoned souls till someone takes them down from a shelf and frees them.

The dead should be judged like criminals, impartially, but they should be allowed the benefit of the doubt.

We all like to forgive, and love best not those who offend us least, nor who have done most for us, but those who make it most easy for us to forgive them.

They say the test of literary power is whether a man can write an inscription. I say, "Can he name a kitten?"