Professed authors who overestimate their vocation are too full of themselves to be agreeable companions. The demands of their egotism are inveterate.….

Far better one unpurchased heart than glory's proudest name..

Fashion seldom interferes with nature without diminishing her grace and efficiency..

Whatever is genuine in social relations endures, despite of time, error, absence, and destiny; and that which has no inherent vitality had better die….

Literature is so common a luxury that the age has grown fastidious..

Had we a privilege of calling up by the power of memory only such passages as were pleasing, unmixed with such as were disagreeable, we might then ex….

Let us recognize the beauty and power of true enthusiasm; and whatever we may do to enlighten ourselves and others, guard against checking or chillin….

To a nice ear, the quality of a voice is singularly affecting. Its depth seems to be allied to feeling; at least, the contralto notes alone give an a….

Credulity is perhaps a weakness almost inseparable from eminently truthful characters..

Professed authors who overestimate their vocation are too full of themselves to be agreeable companions. The demands of their egotism are inveterate..

A pilgrimage is an admirable remedy for over-fastidiousness and sickly refinement..

It has been said that self-respect is the gate of heaven, and the most cursory observation shows that a degree of reserve adds vastly to the latent f….

The mind's only perfect vassal..

Travel gives a character of experience to our knowledge, and brings the figures on the tablet of memory into strong relief..

Do not give to thy friends the most agreeable counsels, but the most advantageous..

A work of art is said to be perfect in proportion as it does not remind the spectator of the process by which it was created..

Legitimately produced, and truly inspired, fiction interprets humanity, informs the understanding, and quickens the affections. It reflects ourselves….

It is amusing to detect character in the vocabulary of each person. The adjectives habitually used, like the inscriptions on a thermometer, indicate ….

The man who becomes a critic by trade ceases, in reality, to be one at all..

The soul, by an instinct stronger than reason, ever associates beauty with truth..

To impress others we must be earnest; to amuse them, it is only necessary to be kindly and fanciful..