George Henry Lewes

In all sincere speech there is power, not necessarily great power, but as much as the speaker is capable of.

All great authors are seers.

Good writers are of necessity rare.

The delusions of self-love cannot be prevented, but intellectual misconceptions as to the means of achieving success may be corrected.

The superiority of one mind over another depends on the rapidity with which experiences are thus organised.

Science is the systematic classification of experience.

As all Art depends on Vision, so the different kinds of Art depend on the different ways in which minds look at things.

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

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

Murder, like talent, seems occasionally to run in families.

Endeavour to be faithful, and if there is any beauty in your thought, your style will be beautiful; if there is any real emotion to express, the expression will be moving.

The only cure for grief is action.