Oh, Only Those Whose Souls Have Felt

If There Be Any One Habit Which More Than Another Is The Dry Rot Of All That Is High And Generous In Youth, It Is The Habit Of Ridicule.

How Disappointment Tracks The Steps Of Hope.

One Would Think That An Unsuccessful Volume Was Like A Degree In The School Of Reviewing. One Unread Work Makes The Judge Bitter Enough; But A Second Failure, And He Is Quite Desperate In His Damnation. I Do Believe One Half Of The Injustice - The Severity Of 'the Ungentle Craft' Originates In Its Own Want Of Success: They Cannot Forgive The Popularity Which Has Passed Them Over.

How Very Satisfactory Those Discussions Must Be, Where Each Party Retains Their Own Opinion!

Hopes And Regrets Are The Sweetest Links Of Existence.