One half of the pleasure experienced at a theatre arises from the spectator's sympathy with the rest of the audience, and, especially from his belief in their sympathy with him.

Tell me truly, I implore-- Is there-- is there balm in Gilead?--tell me--tell me, I implore!

Music, when combined with a pleasurable idea, is poetry; music, without the idea, is simply music; the idea, without the music, is prose, from its very definitiveness.

Boston: Their hotels are bad. Their pumpkin pies are delicious. Their poetry is not so good.

I have, indeed, no abhorrence of danger, except in its absolute effect - in terror.

How many good books suffer neglect through the inefficiency of their beginnings!

The greater amount of truth is impulsively uttered; thus the greater amount is spoken, not written.