Everywhere he found his precept checkmated by his example.

The Socratic manner is not a game at which two can play.

All fantasy should have a solid base in reality.

Just as 'pluck' comes of breeding, so is endurance especially an attribute of the artist. Because he can stand outside himself, and (if there be nothing ignobl…

You can get assent to almost any proposition so long as you are not going to do anything about it.

Words and works eat not at one table.

Religion? Yes, I know it well; I've heard its prayers and creeds, And seen men put them all to shame with poor, half-hearted deeds. They follow Christ, but far…