Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.
Most of the luxuries and many of the so-called comforts of life, are not only not indispensable, but positive hindrances to the elevation of mankind.
Nothing goes by luck in composition. It allows of no tricks. The best you can write will be the best you are.
It is usually the imagination that is wounded first, rather than the heart; it being much more sensitive.