“The people only understand what they can feel; the only orators that can affect them are those who move them”

“The things we really know are not the things we have merely read about or heard about, but the things we have lived, have experienced, have been sensible of”

“A feeling of sadness and longing that is not akin to pain, and resembles sorrow only as the mist resembles the rain”

“I like to write when I feel spiteful. It is like having a good sneeze”

“Jealousy is a dog's bark which attracts thieves”

“The Public is a thing I cannot help looking upon as an enemy, and which I cannot address without feelings of hostility”