Never Cut What You Can Untie.

Professional Critics Are Incapable Of Distinguishing And Appreciating Either Diamonds In The Rough Or Gold In Bars. They Are Traders, And In Literature Know Only The Coins That Are Current. Their Critical Lab Has Scales And Weights, But Neither Crucible Or Touchstone.

Old Age Takes From The Man Of Intellect No Qualities Save Those That Are Useless To Wisdom.

Credulity Forges More Miracles Than Trickery Could Invent.

Be Saving, But Not At The Cost Of All Liberality. Have The Soul Of A King And The Hand Of A Wise Economist.

What A Man Knows Only Through Feeling Can Be Explained Only Through Enthusiasm.