“Zealous men are ever displaying to you the strength of their belief, while judicious men are showing you the grounds of it.”

“The best time to frame an answer to the letters of a friend, is the moment you receive them. Then the warmth of friendship, and the intelligence received, most forcibly cooperate.”

“Anger is a great force. If you control it, it can be transmuted into a power which can move the whole world.”

“Jealousy is the fear or apprehension of superiority: envy our uneasiness under it.”

“A liar begins with making falsehood appear like truth, and ends with making truth itself appear like falsehood.”

“The proper means of increasing the love we bear our native country is to reside some time in a foreign one.”

“He wanted to heat up the truth, to make it burn so hot that you would feel exactly what he felt.”

“Make up a story... For our sake and yours forget your name in the street; tell us what the world has been to you in the dark places and in the light. Don't tell us what to believe, what to fear. Sh...”

“Tell the story as if it were only of interest to the small circle of your characters, of which you may be one. There is no other way to put life into the story.”

“Truth disappears with the telling of it.”