“The Public is a thing I cannot help looking upon as an enemy, and which I cannot address without feelings of hostility
“Some people have a knack of putting upon you gifts of no real value, to engage you to substantial gratitude. We thank them for nothing
“There is peace more destructive of the manhood of living man than war is destructive of his material body.
“A man who pretends to understand women is bad manners. For him to really to understand them is bad morals.
“The superiority of one man's opinion over another's is never so great as when the opinion is about a woman.
“Three things in human life are important. The first is to be kind. The second is to be kind. And the third is to be kind.