The only living works are those which have drained much of the author's own life into them.
From Samuel Butler
The sinews of art and literature, like those of war, are money.
Man is God's highest present development. He is the latest thing in God.
Mr. Tennyson has said that more things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams of, but he wisely refrains from saying whether they are good or bad things.
I never knew a writer yet who took the smallest pains with his style and was at the same time readable.
People care more about being thought to have taste than about being thought either good, clever or amiable.
Our minds want clothes as much as our bodies.
If God wants us to do a thing, he should make his wishes sufficiently clear. Sensible people will wait till he has done this before paying much attention to him.
I really do not see much use in exalting the humble and meek; they do not remain humble and meek long when they are exalted.
A sense of humor keen enough to show a man his own absurdities will keep him from the commission of all sins, or nearly all, save those worth committing.
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