Virtue Is Reason Which Has Become Energy.

Many A Witty Inspiration Is Like The Surprising Reunion Of Befriended Thoughts After A Long Separation.

All Artists Are Self-sacrificing Human Beings, And To Become An Artist Is Nothing But To Devote Oneself To The Subterranean Gods.

Every Complete Man Has His Genius. True Virtue Is Genius.

One Of The Two Is Almost Always A Prevailing Tendency Of Every Author: Either Not To Say Some Things Which Certainly Should Be Said, Or To Say Many Things Which Did Not Need To Be Said. The First Is The Original Sin Of Synthetic Natures, The Latter Of Analytical Natures.

A Good Preface Must Be The Root And The Square Of The Book At The Same Time.