The Breath Of The Mind

National Literature Begins With Fables And Ends With Novels.

Who Ever Has No Fixed Opinions Has No Constant Feelings.

Professional Critics Are Incapable Of Distinguishing And Appreciating Either Diamonds In The Rough Or Gold In Bars. They Are Traders, And In Literature Know Only The Coins That Are Current. Their Critical Lab Has Scales And Weights, But Neither Crucible Or Touchstone.

Old Age Was Naturally More Honored In Times When People Could Not Know Much More Than What They Had Seen.

Haughty People Seem To Me To Have, Like The Dwarfs, The Stature Of A Child And The Face Of A Man.