“The pristine virtue is nothing but absolute absurdity, utter obscurity and sheer imbecility.”
“He is not a bad fellow, though an absolute imbecile in his profession. He has one positive virtue. He is as brave as a bulldog and as tenacious as a lobster if he gets his claws upon anyone.”
“Obscurity is never a virtue.”
“Facts are ventriloquist’s dummies. Sitting on a wise man’s knee they may be made to utter words of wisdom; elsewhere, they say nothing, or talk nonsense, or indulge in sheer diabolism.”
“Humility is not a virtue in a writer, it is an absolute necessity.”
“Virtue and genuine graces in themselves speak what no words can utter.”