But It Is Not Reason That Governs

Some Of The Most Famous Books Are The Least Worth Reading. Their Fame Was Due To Their Having Done Something That Needed To Be Doing In Their Day. The Work Is Done And The Virtue Of The Book Has Expired.

Oh, How Fine It Is To Know A Thing Or Two.

Gold Gives To The Ugliest Thing A Certain Charming Air, For That Without It Were Else A Miserable Affair.

There Is No Fate More Distressing For An Artist Than To Have To Show Himself Off Before Fools, To See His Work Exposed To The Criticism Of The Vulgar And Ignorant.

We Die Only Once, And For Such A Long Time.