George Henry Lewes

No man was ever eloquent by trying to be eloquent, but only by being so. ”

Speak for yourself and from yourself, or be silent. ”

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. ”