If you feel yourself to be above the mass, speak so as to raise the mass to the height of your argument.

It is unhappily true that much insincere Literature and Art, executed solely with a view to effect, does succeed by deceiving the public.

Insincerity is always weakness; sincerity even in error is strength.

All bad Literature rests upon imperfect insight, or upon imitation, which may be defined as seeing at second-hand.

Literature delivers tidings of the world within and the world without.

Insight is the first condition of Art.

In complex trains of thought signs are indispensable.

In all sincere speech there is power, not necessarily great power, but as much as the speaker is capable of.

Imagination is not the exclusive appanage of artists, but belongs in varying degrees to all men.

Language, after all, is only the use of symbols, and Art also can only affect us through symbols.

Good writers are of necessity rare.

Genius is rarely able to give any account of its own processes.

Endeavour to be faithful, and if there is any beauty in your thought, your style will be beautiful; if there is any real emotion to express, the expression will be moving.

Books minister to our knowledge, to our guidance, and to our delight, by their truth, their uprightness, and their art.

Books have become our dearest companions, yielding exquisite delights and inspiring lofty aims.