Heaven knows what pains the author has been at, what bitter experience he has endured and what heartache suffered, to give some chance reader a few hours' relaxation or to while away the tedium of a journey.

The great trues are too important to be new.

If you don't change your beliefs, your life will be like this forever. Is that good news?

Genius is talent provided with ideals.

There is a sort of man who pays no attention to his good actions, but is tormented by his bad ones. This is the type that most often writes about himself.

Life is so largely controlled by chance that its conduct can be but a perpetual improvisation.

But what is criticism? Criticism is purely destructive; anyone can destroy, but not everyone can build up.