The only sensible ends of literature are, first, the pleasurable toil of writing; second, the gratification of one's family and friends; and lastly, the solid cash.

Quote by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Topics: Friends Quotes

Eager souls, mystics and revolutionaries, may propose to refashion the world in accordance with their...

Eager souls, mystics and revolutionaries, may propose to refashion the world in accordance with their...

What other dungeon is so dark as one's own heart! What jailer so inexorable as...

What other dungeon is so dark as one's own heart! What jailer so inexorable as...

Time flies over us, but leaves it shadow behind.

Time flies over us, but leaves it shadow behind.

A pure hand needs no glove to cover it.

A pure hand needs no glove to cover it.

It contributes greatly towards a man's moral and intellectual health, to be brought into habits...

It contributes greatly towards a man's moral and intellectual health, to be brought into habits...

Let men tremble to win the hand of woman, unless they win along with it...

Let men tremble to win the hand of woman, unless they win along with it...

Every individual has a place to fill in the world and is important in some...

Every individual has a place to fill in the world and is important in some...

Our Creator would never have made such lovely days, and have given us the deep...

Our Creator would never have made such lovely days, and have given us the deep...

Nobody has any conscience about adding to the improbabilities of a marvelous tale.

Nobody has any conscience about adding to the improbabilities of a marvelous tale.

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how...

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how...

Mountains are earth's undecaying monuments.

Mountains are earth's undecaying monuments.

Mountains are earth's undecaying monuments.

Mountains are earth's undecaying monuments.

You can get assent to almost any proposition so long as you are not going...

You can get assent to almost any proposition so long as you are not going...

No man, for any considerable period, can wear one face to himself and another to...

No man, for any considerable period, can wear one face to himself and another to...

What other dungeon is so dark as one's own heart! What jailer so inexorable as...

What other dungeon is so dark as one's own heart! What jailer so inexorable as...

What we call real estate - the solid ground to build a house on -...

What we call real estate - the solid ground to build a house on -...

Easy reading is damn hard writing.

Easy reading is damn hard writing.

A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks...

A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks...

The only place that the left hasn't placed the blame is on their agenda, so...

The only place that the left hasn't placed the blame is on their agenda, so...

I have no trouble with my enemies. I can take care of my enemies in...

I have no trouble with my enemies. I can take care of my enemies in...