He who would do good to another must do it in Minute Particulars: general Good is the plea of the scoundrel, hypocrite, and flatterer, for Art and Science cannot exist but in minutely organized Particulars.
I am going to that country which I have all my life wished to see.
I will not cease from mental fight Nor shall my sword sleep in my hand.
Nothing is real beyond imaginative patterns men make of reality.
To generalize is to be an idiot.
The difference between a bad artist and a good one is: the bad artist seems to copy a great deal; the good one really does.