If I have sometimes seemed to make fun of Woman, I assure you it has only been for the purpose of egging her on. - James Thurber

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread, and the angels are all in Heaven, but few of the fools are dead.

Editing should be, especially in the case of old writers, a counseling rather than a collaborating task. The tendency of the writer-editor to collaborate is natural, but he should say to himself, "How can I help this writer to say it better in his own style?" and avoid "How can I show him how I would write it, if it were my piece?"

There is no exception to the rule that every rule has an exception.