Good Writers Are Of Necessity Rare.

Those Works Alone Can Have Enduring Success Which Successfully Appeal To What Is Permanent In Human Nature -- Which, While Suiting The Taste Of The Day, Contain Truths And Beauty Deeper Than The Opinions And Tastes Of The Day.

All Good Literature Rests Primarily On Insight.

It Is Unhappily True That Much Insincere Literature And Art, Executed Solely With A View To Effect, Does Succeed By Deceiving The Public.

Murder, Like Talent, Seems Occasionally To Run In Families.

Books Have Become Our Dearest Companions, Yielding Exquisite Delights And Inspiring Lofty Aims.