No One Ever Became Great By Imitation.

An Exotic And Irrational Entertainment, Which Has Been Always Combated, And Always Has Prevailed.

Milton, Madam, Was A Genius That Could Cut A Colossus From A Rock; But Could Not Carve Heads Upon Cherry-stones.

If A Man Could Say Nothing Against A Character But What He Can Prove, History Could Not Be Written.

The Duty Of Criticism Is Neither To Depreciate Nor Dignify By Partial Representations, But To Hold Out The Light Of Reason, Whatever It May Discover; And To Promulgate The Determinations Of Truth, Whatever She Shall Dictate

Time Quickly Puts An End To Artificial And Accidental Fame