The Characteristic Of Chaucer Is Intensity: Of

Men Of Gravity Are Intellectual Stammerers, Whose Thoughts Move Slowly.

To Be Remembered After We Are Dead, Is But Poor Recompense For Being Treated With Contempt While We Are Living.

The More A Man Writes, The More He Can Write.

The Greatest Grossness Sometimes Accompanies The Greatest Refinement, As A Natural Relief.

The Last Sort I Shall Mention Are Verbal Critics - Mere Word-catchers, Fellows That Pick Out A Word In A Sentence And A Sentence In A Volume, And Tell You It Is Wrong. The Title Of Ultra-crepidarian Critics Has Been Given To A Variety Of This Species.