Every Human Feeling Is Greater And Larger

The Genius Of The Spanish People Is Exquisitely Subtle, Without Being At All Acute; Hence There Is So Much Humour And So Little Wit In Their Literature.

Indignation At Literary Wrongs I Leave To Men Born Under Happier Stars. I Cannot Afford It.

And The Devil Did Grin, For His Darling Sin Is Pride That Apes Humility.

I Feel As If God Had, By Giving The Sabbath, Given Fifty-two Springs In Every Year.

Readers May Be Divided Into Four Classes: 1) Sponges, Who Absorb All That They Read And Return It In Nearly The Same State, Only A Little Dirtied. 2) Sand-glasses, Who Retain Nothing And Are Content To Get Through A Book For The Sake Of Getting Through The Time. 3) Strain-bags, Who Retain Merely The Dregs Of What They Read. 4) Mogul Diamonds, Equally Rare And Valuable, Who Profit By What They Read, And Enable Others To Profit By It Also