Doubts Are More Cruel Than The Worst

Writing Is Like Prostitution. First You Do It For Love, And Then For A Few Close Friends, And Then For Money.

The Art Of Flatterers Is To Take Advantage Of The Foibles Of The Great, To Foster Their Errors, And Never To Give Advice Which May Annoy.

There Is No Fate More Distressing For An Artist Than To Have To Show Himself Off Before Fools, To See His Work Exposed To The Criticism Of The Vulgar And Ignorant.

Perfect Good Sense Shuns All Extremity, Content To Couple Wisdom With Sobriety.

Books And Marriage Go Ill Together.