“To write well, express yourself like the common people, but think like a wise man.”
“Think like a wise man but communicate in the language of the people.”
“Write me a creature that thinks as well as a man or better than a man, but not like a man.”
“I don't think that type should be expressive at all. I can write the word 'dog' with any typeface and it doesn't have to look like a dog. But there are people that [think that] when they write 'dog' it should bark.”
“Common men talk bagfuls of religion but do not practise even a grain of it. The wise man speaks a little, even though his whole life is religion expressed in action.”
“Write something to suit yourself and many people will like it; write something to suit everybody and scarcely anyone will care for it.”