Fame Often Makes A Writer Vain, But

Genealogies Are Admirable Things, Provided They Do Not Encourage The Curious Delusion That Some Families Are Older Than Others.

There Was Still Gold And Silver In The Mountains, And Hunger Was A More Immediate Sorrow

And None Will Hear The Postman’s Knock Without A Quickening Of The Heart. For Who Can Bear To Feel Himself Forgotten?

Geniuses Are The Luckiest Of Mortals Because What They Must Do Is The Same As What They Most Want To Do.

A False Enchantment Can All Too Easily Last A Lifetime.