Try to take hold of your sensibility, and use it as if it were a faculty, like vision.
Uncomfortable thoughts must be got rid of by good intentions for the future.
The greatest benefit we owe to the artist, whether painter, poet, or novelist, is the extension of our sympathies.
Perhaps the most delightful friendships are those in which there is much agreement, much disputation, and yet more personal liking.
Nothing at times is more expressive than silence.
I have nothing to tell except travellers' stories, which are always tiresome, like the description of a play which was very exciting to those who saw it.