Our Desires, Once Realized, Haunt Us Again

The Critic Is Beneath The Maker, But Is His Needed Friend. The Critic Is Not A Base Caviler, But The Younger Brother Of Genius. Next To Invention Is The Power Of Interpreting Invention; Next To Beauty The Power Of Appreciating Beauty. And Of Making Others Appreciate It.

How Anyone Can Remain A Catholic - I Mean Who Has Ever Been Aroused To Think, And Is Not Biased By The Partialities Of Childish Years - After Seeing Catholicism Here In Italy I Cannot Conceive.

What A Difference It Makes To Come Home To A Child!

Essays, Entitled Critical, Are Epistles Addressed To The Public, Through Which The Mind Of The Recluse Relieves Itself Of Its Impressions.

Some Degree Of Expression Is Necessary For Growth, But It Should Be Little In Proportion To The Full Life.