The Sum Of Human Wisdom Is Not

Use No Superfluous Word, No Adjective, Which Does Not Reveal Something.

There Are Few Things More Difficult Than To Appraise The Work Of A Man Suddenly Dead In His Youth; To Disentangle Promise From Achievement; To Save Him From That Sentimentalizing Which Confuses The Tragedy Of The Interruption With The Merit Of The Work Actually Performed.

The Primary Pigment Of Poetry Is The Image.

It Doesn't Matter Which Leg Of Your Table You Make First, So Long As The Table Has Four Legs And Will Stand Up Solidly When You Have Finished It.

The Art Of Letters Will Come To An End Before A.d. 2000. I Shall Survive As A Curiosity.