Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.

Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.

He has a right to criticize, who has a heart to help.

He has a right to criticize, who has a heart to help.

Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain and most fools do.

Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain and most fools do.

Ill writers are usually the sharpest censors.

Ill writers are usually the sharpest censors.

I never give them hell; I just tell them the truth and they think it is hell.

I never give them hell; I just tell them the truth and they think it is hell.

It is much easier to be critical than to be correct.

It is much easier to be critical than to be correct.

Each generation produces its squad of "moderns" with peashooters to attack Gibraltar.

Each generation produces its squad of "moderns" with peashooters to attack Gibraltar.

The most noble criticism is that in which the critic is not the
antagonist so much as the rival read more

The most noble criticism is that in which the critic is not the
antagonist so much as the rival of the author.

Even the lion has to defend himself against flies.

Even the lion has to defend himself against flies.