I would rather be attacked than unnoticed. For the worst thing you can do to an author is to be silent as to his works.

Were it not for imagination, Sir, a man would be as happy in the arms of a chambermaid as of a Duchess.

Claret is the liquor for boys; port for men; but he who aspires to be a hero must drink brandy.

Wine makes a man more pleased with himself. I do not say that it makes him more pleasing to others.

Mark how my fame rings out from zone to zone: A thousand critics shouting: 'He's unknown!'

There is strong shadow where there is much light.

I regard criticism as an art, and if in this country and in this age it is practiced with honesty, it is no more remunerative than the work of an avant-garde f…