The care of the critic should be to distinguish error from inability, faults of inexperience from defects of nature.
Instead of rating the man by his performances, we rate too frequently the performances by the man.
In traveling, a man must carry knowledge with him, if he would bring home knowledge.
You can never be wise unless you love reading.
Confidence is a plant of slow growth; especially in an aged bosom
It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives. The act of dying is not of importance, it lasts so short a time.