I Hate Everything That Merely Instructs Me

And I Like Those Authors Best Whose Scenes Describe My Own Situation In Life-- And The Friends Who Are About Me Whose Stories Touch Me With Interest, From Resembling My Own Homely Existence.

Beware Of Dissipating Your Powers; Strive Constantly To Concentrate Them.

One Would Give Generous Alms If One Had The Eyes To See The Beauty Of A Cupped Receiving Hand.

The Important Thing Is Not To Know More Than All Men, But To Know More At Each Moment Than Any Particular Man.

I Wish The Stage Were As Narrow As The Wire Of A Tighrope Dancer So That No Incompetent Would Dare Step Upon It.