I Love Prudence Very Little, If It

It Is Better To Debate A Question Without Settling It Than To Settle A Question Without Debating It.

Genuine Witticisms Surprise Those Who Say Them As Much As Those Who Listen To Them; They Arise In Us In Spite Of Us, Or, At Least, Without Our Participation,--like Everything Inspired.

Genius Begins Beautiful Works, But Only Labor Finishes Them.

Our Ideals, Like Pictures, Are Made From Lights And Shadows.

Never Write Anything That Does Not Give You Great Pleasure. Emotion Is Easily Transferred From The Writer To The Reader.