Duty Is What No-one Else Will Do

It's Very Good For An Idea To Be Commonplace. The Important Thing Is That A New Idea Should Develop Out Of What Is Already There So That It Soon Becomes An Old Acquaintance. Old Acquaintances Aren't By Any Means Always Welcome, But At Least One Can't Be Mistaken As To Who Or What They Are.

I Believe That People Should Write Biographies Only About People They Love, Or Understand, Or Both. Novels, On The Other Hand, Are Often Better If They're About People The Writer Doesn't Like Very Much.

Behind Their Dark Glass, The Mad Own Nothing.

To Every Separate Person A Thing Is What He Thinks It Is – In Other Words, Not A Thing, But A Think.

A Good Book Is The Precious Life-blood Of A Master-spirit, Embalmed And Treasured Up On Purpose To A Life Beyond Life, And As Such It Must Surely Be A Necessary Commodity.