The History Of A Man Is In

The Greatest Genius Will Not Be Worth Much If He Pretends To Draw Exclusively From His Own Resources

How To Please The Public - That's The Test, But Nowadays I Find I'm In A Fix; I Know They're Not Accustomed To The Best, But They've All Read So Much They Know The Tricks. How Can We Give Then Something Fresh And New That's Serious, But Entertaining Too?

People Have A Peculiar Pleasure In Making Converts, That Is, In Causing Others To Enjoy What They Enjoy, Thus Finding Their Own Likeness Represented And Reflected Back To Them.

If Youth Is A Fault, It Is One That One Gets Rid Of Soon Enough.

Time Is A Strange Thing. It Is A Whimsical Tyrant, Which In Every Century Has A Different Face For All That One Says And Does.