Fullness Is Always Quiet; Agitation Will Answer

Sleep On Your Writing; Take A Walk Over It; Scrutinize It Of A Morning; Review It Of An Afternoon; Digest It After A Meal; Let It Sleep In Your Drawer A Twelvemonth; Never Venture A Whisper About It To Your Friend, If He Be An Author Especially.

One Must Be Rich In Thought And Character To Owe Nothing To Books.

Hold Fast, Therefore, O Circular Philosopher, To Thy Centre, And Drive The Globe Along Its Orbit By The Momentum Of Thy Thought.

Debate Is Angular, Conversation Circular And Radiant Of The Underlying Unity.

The History Of Books Shows The Humblest Origin Of Some Of The Most Valued, Wrought As These Were Out Of Obscure Materials By Persons Whose Names Thereafter Became Illustrious. The Thumbed Volumes, Now So Precious To Thousands, Were Compiled From Personal Experiences And Owe Their Interest To Touches Of Inspiration Of Which The Writer Was Less Author Than Amanuensis, Himself The Voiced Word Of Life For All Times.