They... Who Await. No Gifts From Chance,

For The Creation Of A Masterwork Of Literature Two Powers Must Concur, The Power Of The Man And The Power Of The Moment, And The Man Is Not Enough Without The Moment.

If One Were Searching For The Best Means To Efface And Kill In A Whole Nation The Discipline Of Self-respect, The Feeling For What Is Elevated, He Could Do No Better Than Take The American Newspapers.

France, Famed In All Great Arts, In None Supreme.

How Many Minds--almost All The Great Ones--were Formed In Secrecy And Solitude!

Calm's Not Life's Crown, Though Calm Is Well.