The Only Cure For Grief Is Action.

It Will Often Be A Question When A Man Is Or Is Not Wise In Advancing Unpalatable Opinions, Or In Preaching Heresies; But It Can Never Be A Question That A Man Should Be Silent If Unprepared To Speak The Truth As He Conceives It.

No Man Was Ever Eloquent By Trying To Be Eloquent, But Only By Being So.

All Bad Literature Rests Upon Imperfect Insight, Or Upon Imitation, Which May Be Defined As Seeing At Second-hand.

In Science The Paramount Appeal Is To The Intellect-its Purpose Being Instruction; In Art, The Paramount Appeal Is To The Emotions-its Purpose Being Pleasure.

The Prosperity Of A Book Lies In The Minds Of Readers. Public Knowledge And Public Taste Fluctuate; And There Come Times When Works Which Were Once Capable Of Instructing And Delighting Thousands Lose Their Power, And Works, Before Neglected, Emerge Into Renown.