“The paper is patient, but the reader is not.”

“Never write anything that does not give you great pleasure. Emotion is easily transferred from the writer to the reader.”

“How many people make themselves abstract to appear profound. The most useful part of abstract terms are the shadows they create to hide a vacuum.”

“The worst thing about new books is that they keep us from reading the old ones.”

“Those who never retract their opinions love themselves more than they love truth.”

“Children need models rather than critics.”

“We may convince others by our arguements, but we can only persuade them by their own”