"A work, however, should be judged by its design and its execution, and not by any preconceived notion of what it ought to be according to the critic, rather than the author."

“Curiosities of Literature, Vol. II by Isaac Disraeli”

“The wisdom of the wise, and the experience of ages, may be preserved by quotation.”

“After the golden age of Latinity, we gradually slide into the silver, and at length precipitately descend into the iron.”

“An excessive indulgence in the pleasures of social life constitutes the great interests of a luxuriant and opulent age”

“Candour is the brightest gem of criticism.”

“The poet and the painter are only truly great by the mutual influences of their studies, and the jealousy of glory has only produced an idle contest.”