“In literature mere egotism is delightful.”
“ 'Pity without rigor would be cowardly egotism, mere sentimentality.' ”
“I am certain that there are two things in life which are dependable, the delights of the flesh and the delights of literature.”
“To delight the ear and the eye is a mere sensual indulgence;—true poetry strikes at the soul.”
“Hamlet is egotism as it appears to itself, and Don Quixote is egotism as it appears to the detached observer.”
“Few delights can equal the mere presence of one whom we trust utterly.”