Twenty-one
It’s the dodge of every begging-letter writer in England to mark his envelope “Private and Urgent.”
Twenty-two
Women grow old; women cease to learn; but men, never.
Twenty-three
In literature, but in nothing else, I am a propagandist; I am not content to keep my opinion and let others keep theirs. To have a worthless book in my house (save in the way of business), to know that any friend is enjoying it, actually distresses me. That book must go, the pretensions of that book must be exposed, if I am to enjoy peace of mind.
Twenty-four
I have often thought: If a son could look into a mother’s heart, what an eyeopener he would have!
Twenty-five
When a writer expresses his individuality and his mood with accuracy, lucidity, and sincerity, and with an absence of ugliness, then he achieves good style. Style—it cannot be too clearly understood—is not a certain splendid something which the writer adds to his meaning. It is in the meaning; it is that part of the meaning which specially reflects his individuality and his mood.