“Fools admire everything in an author of reputation.”
“Fools have a habit of believing that everything written by a famous author is admirable. For my part I read only to please myself and like only what suits my taste.”
“The only happy author in this world is he who is below the care of reputation.”
“Before publishers' blurbs were invented, authors had to make their reputations by writing.”
“Money will not buy intelligence for the fool, or admiration for the coward, or respect for the incompetent.”
“Destiny: A tyrant's authority for crime and a fool's excuse for failure.”