Hope Is The Belief, More Or Less

A Great Deal Of Talent Is Lost To The World For Want Of A Little Courage.

The Longer I Live, The More I Am Convinced That The Apothecary Is Of More Importance Than Seneca; And That Half The Unhappiness In The World Proceeds From Little Stoppages; From A Duct Choked Up, From Food Pressing In The Wrong Place, From A Vexed Duodenum, Or An Agitated Pylorus.

The Main Question To A Novel Is -- Did It Amuse? Were You Surprised At Dinner Coming So Soon? Did You Mistake Eleven For Ten? Were You Too Late To Dress? And Did You Sit Up Beyond The Usual Hour? If A Novel Produces These Effects, It Is Good; If It Does Not -- Story, Language, Love, Scandal Itself Cannot Save It. It Is Only Meant To Please; And It Must Do That Or It Does Nothing.

Hope Is The Belief, More Or Less Strong, That Joy Will Come.

If I Were To Begin Life Again, I Would Devote It To Music. It Is The Only Cheap And Unpunished Rapture Upon Earth.