The Only Sin That We Never Forgive

It Is True That The Discerning Intellect Of The World Is Always Much In Advance Of The Creative, So That There Are Competent Judges Of The Best Book, And Few Writers Of The Best Books.

There Is Genius As Well In Virtue As In Intellect. 'tis The Doctrine Of Faith Over Works.

A Man Must Thank His Defects, And Stand In Some Terror Of His Talents.

I Read The Other Day Some Verses Written By An Eminent Painter Which Were Original And Not Conventional. The Soul Always Hears An Admonition In Such Lines, Let The Subject Be What It May. The Sentiment They Instil Is Of More Value Than Any Thought They May Contain. To Believe Your Own Thought, To Believe That What Is True For You In Your Private Heart Is True For All Men, - That Is Genius.

Life Only Avails, Not The Having Lived.