While We Desire, We Do

We Are Thankful For Good-will Rather Than For Services, For The Motive Than The Quantum Of Favor Received.

Painting Gives The Object Itself; Poetry What It Implies. Painting Embodies What A Thing Contains In Itself; Poetry Suggests What Exists Out Of It, In Any Manner Connected With It.

To Write A Genuine Familiar Or Truly English Style Is To Write As Anyone Would Speak In Common Conversation, Who Had A Thorough Command And Choice Of Words, Or Who Could Discourse With Ease, Force, And Perspicuity, Setting Aside All Pedantic And Oratorical Flourishes.

There Is Nothing More To Be Esteemed Than A Manly Firmness And Decision Of Character.

The Incentive To Ambition Is The Love Of Power.