There Will Always Be Romance In The

It Is Difficult To Say Which Is The Greatest Evil--to Have Too Violent Passions, Or To Be Wholly Devoid Of Them. Controlled With Firmness, Guided By Discretion, And Hallowed By The Imagination, The Passions Are The Vivifiers And Quickeners Of Our Being. Without Passion There Can Be No Energy Of Character. Indeed, The Passions Are Like Fire, Useful In A Thousand Ways, And Dangerous Only In One--through Their Excess.

It Is Of Very Little Use In Trying To Be Dignified, If Dignity Is No Part Of Your Character.

We Take Life Too Seriously: The Office Of Wit Is To Correct This Tendency.

A Peculiar Work In Any Art Must Not Be Too Hastily Judged. New Styles Have To Create New Tastes.

There Will Always Be Romance In The World So Long As There Are Young Hearts In It.