Modesty Is Policy, No Less Than Virtue.

Our Cares Are The Mothers, Not Only Of Our Charities And Virtues, But Of Our Best Joys And Most Cheering And Enduring Pleasures.

Vanity Is So Constantly Solicitous Of Self, That Even Where Its Own Claims Are Not Interested, It Indirectly Seeks The Aliment Which It Loves, By Showing How Little Is Deserved By Others.

Neither Praise Nor Blame Is The Object Of True Criticism. Justly To Discriminate, Firmly To Establish, Wisely To Prescribe And Honestly To Award - These Are The True Aims And Duties Of Criticism.

Genius Is The Very Eye Of Intellect And The Wing Of Thought; It Is Always In Advance Of Its Time, And Is The Pioneer For The Generation Which It Precedes.

I Listen To Them Freely And With All The Respect Merited By Their Intelligence, Their Character, Their Knowledge, Reserving Always My Incontestable Right Of Criticism And Censure.