Brander Matthews Quotes

A highbrow is a person educated beyond his intelligence.

To be clear is the first duty of a writer; to charm and to please are graces to be acquired later.

Give a good deed the credit of a good motive; and give an evil deed the benefit of the doubt.

Be brief, be buoyant, and be brilliant.

A gentleman need not know Latin, but he should at least have forgotten it.

In every artist we can perceive a man with both a message and a method. His message may be innate in him, but his method he has to acquire from others.

When I have no idea, I gnaw my nails and invoke the aid of Providence.

A gentleman need not know Latin but he should at least have forgotten it.