An Advantage is never not attended with disadvantage.

one Advantage is worth a thousand sorceries.

Advantage is a better soldier than rashness.

Anonymity is suspect — credible people sign their work.

Anonymity is cowardly — an anonymous pen is a coward's weapon, which stabs in the dark.

Anonymity is a shield from the tyranny of the majority.

Anonymity is often a ruse. An anonymous gift is a donation by someone who hopes everyone will find out without his telling them.

Authorship is an infamy, a pastime, a day-labor, a handicraft, an art, a science, a virtue.

Authorship is a violent and indestructible obsession.

Authorship is overrated. It is far better to be silent than merely to increase the quantity of bad books.

Authorship is part and parcel of the work itself: a poem is often good until one knows who wrote it.