Art Must Anchor In Nature, Or It

The Only Impeccable Writers Are Those Who Never Wrote.

Poverty, When It Is Voluntary, Is Never Despicable, But Takes An Heroical Aspect.

Vulgar Prejudices Are Those Which Arise Out Of Accident, Ignorance, Or Authority; Natural Prejudices Are Those Which Arise Out Of The Constitution Of The Human Mind Itself.

Silence Is One Great Art Of Conversation. He Is Not A Fool Who Knows When To Hold His Tongue; And A Person May Gain Credit For Sense, Eloquence, Wit, Who Merely Says Nothing To Lessen The Opinion Which Others Have Of These Qualities In Themselves.

The Imagination Is Of So Delicate A Texture That Even Words Wound It.