Genius, Like Truth, Has A Shabby And

To Write Is A Humiliation.

I Have No Confidence In A Man Whose Faults You Cannot See.

What Has A Writer To Be Bombastic About? Whatever Good A Man May Write Is The Consequence Of Accident, Luck, Or Surprise, And Nobody Is More Surprised Than An Honest Writer When He Makes A Good Phrase Or Says Something Truthful.

A Strong Foe Is Better Than A Weak Friend.

We Are A Most Solitary People, And We Live, Repelled By One Another, In The Gray, Outcast Cities Of Cain.