The object of Literature is to instruct, to animate, or to amuse.

No man ever made a great discovery without the exercise of the imagination.

Books minister to our knowledge, to our guidance, and to our delight, by their truth, their uprightness, and their art.

A man may be variously accomplished, and yet be a feeble poet.

All bad Literature rests upon imperfect insight, or upon imitation, which may be defined as seeing at second-hand.

If you feel yourself to be above the mass, speak so as to raise the mass to the height of your argument.

The public can only be really moved by what is genuine.