There Is No Protection Against Slander.

Everything That's Prose Isn't Verse And Everything That Isn't Verse Is Prose. Now You See What It Is To Be A Scholar!

You Are A Fool In Four Letters, My Son.

To Find Yourself Jilted Is A Blow To Your Pride. Do Your Best To Forget It And If You Don't Succeed, At Least Pretend To.

There Is No Fate More Distressing For An Artist Than To Have To Show Himself Off Before Fools, To See His Work Exposed To The Criticism Of The Vulgar And Ignorant.

You Have But To Hold Forth In Cap And Gown, And Any Gibberish Becomes Learning, All Nonsense Passes For Sense.