The Things That Have Been And Shall

Authors Must Not, Like Chinese Soldiers, Expect To Win Victories By Turning Somersets In The Air.

For His Heart Was In His Work, And The Heart Giveth Grace Unto Every Art.

To Be Infatuated With The Power Of One's Own Intellect Is An Accident Which Seldom Happens But To Those Who Are Remarkable For The Want Of Intellectual Power. Whenever Nature Leaves A Hole In A Person's Mind, She Generally Plasters It Over With A Thick Coat Of Self-conceit.

Talk Not Of Wasted Affection, Affection Never Was Wasted; If It Enrich Not The Heart Of Another, Its Waters, Returning Back To Their Springs, Like The Rain, Shall Fill Them Full Of Refreshment; That Which The Fountain Sends Forth Returns Again To The Fountain.

Most People Would Succeed In Small Things If They Were Not Troubled With Great Ambitions.