While an author is yet living we estimate his powers by his worst performance, and when he is dead we rate them by his best.

While an author is yet living we estimate his powers by his worst performance, and when he is dead we rate them by his best.

作家在世时，我们以他最差的作品来评价他的力量;死后，我们以他最好的作品来评价他的力量。

-- Samuel Johnson 塞缪尔·约翰逊