Honor Means That A Man Is Not

There Are, First Of All, Two Kinds Of Authors: Those Who Write For The Subject's Sake, And Those Who Write For Writing's Sake. The First Kind Have Had Thoughts Or Experiences Which Seem To Them Worth Communicating, While The Second Kind Need Money And Consequently Write For Money.

It Is In The Treatment Of Trifles That A Person Shows What They Are.

The First Forty Years Of Life Give Us The Text; The Next Thirty Supply The Commentary On It.

He Who Lives To See Two Or Three Generations Is Like A Man Who Sits Some Time In The Conjurer's Booth At A Fair, And Witnesses The Performance Twice Or Thrice In Succession. The Tricks Were Meant To Be Seen Only Once; And When They Are No Longer A Novelty And Cease To Deceive, Their Effect Is Gone.

Every Man Takes The Limits Of His Own Field Of Vision For The Limits Of The World.