A man's style in any art should be like his dress — it should attract as little attention as possible. - Samuel Butler

In the highest consciousness there is still unconsciousness, in the lowest unconsciousness there is still consciousness. If there is no consciousness there is no thing, or nothing. To understand perfectly would be to cease to understand at all.

To love God is to have good health, good looks, good sense, experience, a kindly nature and a fair balance of cash in hand.

Critics generally come to be critics by reason not of their fitness for this but of their unfitness for anything else. Books should be tried by a judge and jury as though they were crimes, and counsel should be heard on both sides.