We Must Never Assume That Which Is

To One Man A Stream Is So Much Water-power, To Another A Rendezvous For Lovers.

Remember That Every Drop Of Rain That Falls Bears Into The Bosom Of The Earth A Quality Of Beautiful Fertility.

Except In The Rare Cases Of Great Dynamic Thinkers Whose Thoughts Are As Turning-points In The History Of Our Race, It Is By Style That Writers Gain Distinction, By Style They Secure Their Immortality.

Originality Is Independence, Not Rebellion; It Is Sincerity, Not Antagonism.

Most Expositions Of Aristotle's Doctrines, When They Have Not Been Dictated By A Spirit Of Virulent Detraction, Or Unsympathetic Indifference, Have Carefully Suppressed All, Or Nearly All, The Absurdities, And Only Retained What Seemed Plausible And Consistent. But In This Procedure Their Historical Significance Disappears.