Habit Is A Second Nature, And What

How Disappointment Tracks The Steps Of Hope.

Repentance Is A One-faced Janus, Ever Looking To The Past.

Surprises Are Like Misfortunes Or Herrings - They Rarely Come Single.

One Would Think That An Unsuccessful Volume Was Like A Degree In The School Of Reviewing. One Unread Work Makes The Judge Bitter Enough; But A Second Failure, And He Is Quite Desperate In His Damnation. I Do Believe One Half Of The Injustice - The Severity Of 'the Ungentle Craft' Originates In Its Own Want Of Success: They Cannot Forgive The Popularity Which Has Passed Them Over.

Alas! We Give Our Own Coloring To The Actions Of Others.