“The pleasure of criticizing takes away from us the pleasure of being moved by some very fine things.”

“But instead of spending our lives running towards our dreams, we are often running away from a fear of failure or a fear of criticism.”

“The ugliest government is the one which is spreading fear to its own people! The finest government is the one which encourages its own people to criticize the government harshly.”

“A slander is like a hornet if you cannot kill it dead the first blow better not strike at it.”

“If slander be a snake it is a winged one - it flies as well as creeps.”

“I am disgrac'd impeach'd and baffled here - Pierc'd to the soul with slander's venom'd spear.”