Happy the man when he has not the defects of his qualities.

The golden hour of invention must terminate like other hours, and when the man of genius returns to the cares, the duties, the vexations, and the amusements of life, his companions behold him as one of themselves - the creature of habits and infirmities.

They must have the defects of their qualities.

Many men of genius must arise before a particular man of genius can appear.

After all, it is style alone by which posterity will judge of a great work, for an author can have nothing truly his own but his style.

Literature is an avenue to glory, ever open for those ingenious men who are deprived of honours or of wealth.