Look, then, into thine heart and write!
Many readers judge of the power of a book by the shock it gives their feelings.
It is by the Vicar's skirts that theDevil climbs into the Belfry.
Nature with folded hands seemed there,Kneeling at her evening prayer!
It is difficult to know at what moment love begins; it is less difficult to know that it has begun.
All was silent as before ---All silent save the dripping rain.
And force them, though it was in spiteOf Nature and their stars, to write.
And then, exulting in their taper, cry, "Behold the Sun;" and, Indian-like, adore.
And hold up to the sun my little taper.
And choose an author as you choose a friend.
What the devil does the plot signify, except to bring in fine things?
Tantum series juncturaque pollet.
In every author let us distinguish the man from his works.
Saepe stilum vertas, iterum quae digna legi sint Scripturus.
Envy's a sharper spur than pay:No author ever spar'd a brother.
For who can write so fast as men run mad?
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