The Scrupulous And The Just, The Noble,

I Have Wrestled With Death. It Is The Most Unexciting Contest You Can Imagine.

All Creative Art Is Magic , Is Evocation Of The Unseen In Forms Persuasive, Enlightening, Familiar And Surprising, For The Edification Of Mankind , Pinned Down By The Conditions Of Its Existence To The Earnest Consideration Of The Most Insignificant Tides Of Reality .

As A General Rule, A Reputation Is Built On Manner As Much As On Achievement.

Nowhere Else Than Upon The Sea Do The Days, Weeks, And Months Fall Away Quicker Into The Past. They Seem To Be Left Astern As Easily As The Light Air-bubbles In The Swirls Of The Ship's Wake.

It Is Respectable To Have No Illusions, And Safe, And Profitable And Dull.