“The end of writing is to instruct; the end of poetry is to instruct by pleasing.”

“People need to be reminded more often than they need to be instructed.”

“The only end of writing is to enable readers better to enjoy life or better to endure it.”

“Angling or float fishing I can only compare to a stick and a string, with a worm at one end and a fool at the other.”

“Poetry is the art of uniting pleasure with truth.”

“God himself, sir, doesn't propose to judge man until the end of his days. (So why should you and I? ~ this latter part is added by Napoleon Hill)”

“Wine makes a man better pleased with himself. I do not say that it makes him more pleasing to others... This is one of the disadvantages of wine, it makes a man mistake words for thoughts.”