I Always Fear That Creation Will Expire

I Always Fear That Creation Will Expire Before Teatime.

The Main Question To A Novel Is -- Did It Amuse? Were You Surprised At Dinner Coming So Soon? Did You Mistake Eleven For Ten? Were You Too Late To Dress? And Did You Sit Up Beyond The Usual Hour? If A Novel Produces These Effects, It Is Good; If It Does Not -- Story, Language, Love, Scandal Itself Cannot Save It. It Is Only Meant To Please; And It Must Do That Or It Does Nothing.

His Enemies Might Have Said Before That He Talked Rather Too Much; But Now He Has Occasional Flashes Of Silence, That Make His Conversation Perfectly Delightful.

Whatever You Are By Nature, Keep To It; Never Desert Your Line Of Talent. Be What Nature Intended You For, And You Will Succeed.

Heat, Ma Am! It Was So Dreadful Here That I Found There Was Nothing Left For It But To Take Off My Flesh And Sit In My Bones.