Neither praise nor blame is the object of true criticism. Justly to discriminate, firmly to establish, wisely to prescribe and honestly to award - these are the true aims and duties of criticism.

Stagnation is something worse than death. It is corruption, also.

The fool is willing to pay for anything but wisdom. No man buys that of which he supposes himself to have an abundance already.

Solitude bears the same relation to the mind that sleep does to the body. It affords it the necessary opportunities for repose and recovery.

I believe that economists put decimal points in their forecasts to show they have a sense of humor.

He who would acquire fame must not show himself afraid of censure. The dread of censure is the death of genius.

Genius is the very eye of intellect and the wing of thought; it is always in advance of its time, and is the pioneer for the generation which it precedes.