He who would acquire fame must not show himself afraid of censure. The dread of censure is the death of genius.

He who would acquire fame must not show himself afraid of censure. The dread of censure is the death of genius.

Tact is one of the first mental virtues, the absence of which is often fatal to the best of talents; it supplies the place of many talents.

Tact is one of the first mental virtues, the absence of which is often fatal to the best of talents; it supplies the place of many talents.

Give every man your ear, but few thy voice. Take each man's censure, but reserve thy judgment.

The vulgar mind fancies that good judgment is implied chiefly in the capacity to censure; and yet there is no judgment so exquisite as that which knows properly how to approve