Four
The significance and the worth of literature are to be comprehended and assessed in the same way as the significance and the worth of any other phenomenon: by the exercise of common-sense.
Five
All wrong-doing is done in the sincere belief that it is the best thing to do.
Six
There is always a mental inferior handy, just as there is always a being more unhappy than we are.
Seven
Often have I said inwardly: “World, when I talk with you, dine with you, wrangle with you, love you, and hate you, I condescend.” Every artist has said that. People call it conceit; people may call it what they please.
Eight
The artistic pleasures of an uncultivated mind are generally violent.