The Writer Is Important Only By Dint

It Is Not That The French Are Not Profound, But They All Express Themselves So Well That We Are Led To Take Their Geese For Swans.

Magnanimous People Have No Vanity, They Have No Jealousy, And They Feed On The True And The Solid Wherever They Find It. And, What Is More, They Find It Everywhere.

As Against Having Beautiful Workshops, Studies, Etc., One Writes Best In A Cellar On A Rainy Day.

No One Is Fit To Judge A Book Until He Has Rounded Cape Horn In A Sailing Vessel, Until He Has Bumped Into Two Or Three Icebergs, Until He Has Been Lost In The Sands Of The Desert, Until He Has Spent A Few Years In The House Of The Dead.

Once You Have A Point Of View All History Will Back You Up.