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

“How sickness enlarges the dimensions of a man's self to himself”

“To be sick is to enjoy monarchical prerogatives”

“Newspapers always excite curiosity. No one ever puts one down without the feeling of disappointment.”

“Private passions tire and exhaust themselves, public ones never”

“The mission of the press is to spread culture while destroying the attention span”