Logan Pearsall Smith

“A best seller is the gilded tomb of a mediocre talent.”

“All mirrors are magical mirrors; never can we see our faces in them.”

“How can they say my life isn't a success? Have I not for more than sixty years got enough to eat and escaped being eaten?”

“It is the wretchedness of being rich that you have to live with rich people.”

“To say what you think will certainly damage you in society; but a free tongue is worth more than a thousand invitations.”

“To suppose as we all suppose, that we could be rich and not behave as the rich behave, is like supposing that we could drink all day and stay sober.”

“What I like in a good author isn't what he says, but what he whispers.”