There Was A Time When The World

Professional Critics Are Incapable Of Distinguishing And Appreciating Either Diamonds In The Rough Or Gold In Bars. They Are Traders, And In Literature Know Only The Coins That Are Current. Their Critical Lab Has Scales And Weights, But Neither Crucible Or Touchstone.

Success Serves Men As A Pedestal. It Makes Them Seem Greater When Not Measured By Reflection.

Never Cut What You Can Untie.

We Live In An Age In Which Superfluous Ideas Abound And Essential Ideas Are Lacking.

Common Sense Suits Itself To The Ways Of The World. Wisdom Tries To Confirm To The Ways Of Heaven.