“Well, well, Henry James is pretty good, though he is of the nineteenth century, and that glaringly.”
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If a man loves the labour of his trade, apart from any question of success or fame, the gods have called him.
It is a golden maxim to cultivate the garden for the nose, and the eyes will take care of themselves.
Every heart that has beat strongly and cheerfully has left a hopeful impulse behind it in the world, and bettered the tradition of mankind.
Most of our pocket wisdom is conceived for the use of mediocre people, to discourage them from ambitious attempts, and generally console them in their mediocrity.
