For my part, I do not feel that the scheme of future happiness, which ought by rights to be in preparation for me, will be at all interfered with by ….

A nobler example, because a less personal one, of the pinch of poverty, is when it prevents the accomplishment of some cherished scheme for the benef….

For my part, I do not much believe in the predilections of boyhood..

To the truly benevolent mind, indeed, nothing is more satisfactory than to hear of a miser denying himself the necessaries of life a little too far a….

It has often struck me that the relation of two important members of the social body to one another has never been sufficiently considered, or treate….

A man with an invention on which he has spent his life, but has no means to get it developed for the good of humanity - or even patented for himself ….

And what holds good of verse holds infinitely better in respect to prose..

The fact is, if a young man is naturally indolent, the spur of necessity will drive him but a very little way, while the having enough to live upon i….

The idea of bringing young people up to Literature is doubtless calculated to raise the eyebrows almost as much as the suggestion of bringing them up….

Nature of course is the best guide in the matter of choosing a pursuit..

As a rule, anyone who can tell a good story can write one, so there really need be no mistake about his qualification; such a man will be careful not….

I never had a piece of toast particularly long and wide, But fell upon the sanded floor, And always on the buttered side..

Cultivating literature as I do upon a little oatmeal, and driving, when in a position to be driven at all, in that humble vehicle, the 'bus, I have h….

One forgives the critic - perhaps - but never the good-natured friend..

There are, it is true, at present no great prizes in literature such as are offered by the learned professions, but there are quite as many small one….

It is certain, indeed, that the sacred writers were apt to make great allowances for people with empty stomachs, and though I am well aware that the ….

How large and varied is the educational bill of fare set before every young gentleman in Great Britain; and to judge by the mental stamina it affords….

A great philosopher has stated that the worst evil of poverty is, that it makes folks ridiculous; by which, I hope, he only means that, as in the abo….

Some Critics on the Hearth are not only good-natured, but have rather too high, or, if that is impossible, let us say too pronounced, an opinion of t….

One would think that in writing about literary men and matters there would be no difficulty in finding a title for one's essay, or that any embarrass….

In all highly civilised communities Pretence is prominent, and sooner or later invades the regions of Literature..