When we have not the strength or the courage to grasp a new truth, we persuade ourselves that it is not a truth at all. - John Lancaster Spalding

If there are but few who interest thee, why shouldst thou be disappointed if but few find thee interesting?

States of soul rightly expressed, as the poet expresses them in moments of pure inspiration, retain forever the power of creating like states. It is this that makes genuine literature a vital force.

No occupation is more tiresome or depressing than that of killing time. It is the cause of lifeweariness, the punishment the soul inflicts upon itself when reduced to passiveness and servitude.