Books minister to our knowledge, to our guidance, and to our delight, by their truth, their uprightness, and their art.

Books have become our dearest companions, yielding exquisite delights and inspiring lofty aims.

Insight is the first condition of Art.

Sincerity is moral truth.

Language, after all, is only the use of symbols, and Art also can only affect us through symbols.

It is unhappily true that much insincere Literature and Art, executed solely with a view to effect, does succeed by deceiving the public.