A Critic Is A Reader Who Ruminates.

An Aphorism Ought To Be Entirely Isolated From The Surrounding World Like A Little Work Of Art And Complete In Itself Like A Hedgehog.

Publication Is To Thinking As Childbirth Is To The First Kiss.

As The Ancient Commander Addressed His Soldiers Before Battle, So Should The Moralist Speak To Men In The Struggle Of The Era.

In Every Good Poem Everything Must Be Both Deliberate And Instinctive. That Is How The Poem Becomes Ideal.

Genius Is, To Be Sure, Not A Matter Of Arbitrariness, But Rather Of Freedom, Just As Wit, Love, And Faith, Which Once Shall Become Arts And Disciplines. We Should Demand Genius From Everybody, Without, However, Expecting It.