There is a homely directness about these rustic apothegms which makes them far more palatable than the strained and sophisticated epigrams of the characters of Oscar Wilde's plays, who are ever striving strenuously to dazzle us with verbal pyrotechnics. — Brander Matthews Copy Share Image
There is a homely directness about these rustic apothegms which makes them far more palatable than the strained and sophisticated epigrams of the characters… — Brander Matthews Copy Share Image
The art of the dramatist is very like the art of the architect. A plot has to be built up just as a house… — Brander Matthews Copy Share Image
To be clear is the first duty of a writer; to charm and to please are graces to be acquired later. — Brander Matthews Copy Share Image
Give a good deed the credit of a good motive; and give an evil deed the benefit of the doubt. — Brander Matthews Copy Share Image
In every artist we can perceive a man with both a message and a method. His message may be innate in him, but his… — Brander Matthews Copy Share Image
When I have no idea, I gnaw my nails and invoke the aid of Providence. — Brander Matthews Copy Share Image
A gentleman need not know Latin, but he should at least have forgotten it. — Brander Matthews Copy Share Image
