“None who have always been free can understand the terrible fascinating power of the hope of freedom to those who are not free
“Praise or blame has but a momentary effect on the man whose love of beauty in the abstract makes him a severe critic on his own works
“The imagination of a boy is healthy, and the mature imagination of a man is healthy; but there is a space of life between, in which the soul is in a ferment, the character undecided, the way of life uncertain, the ambition thick-sighted: thence proceeds mawkishness
“The teller of a mirthful tale has latitude allowed him. We are content with less than absolute truth