See things as they are and write about them. Don?t waste your creative energy trying to make things up. Even if you are writing fiction, write the things you see and know.
...happiness gives us the energy which is the basis of health.
There is always more misery among the lower classes than there is humanity in the higher.
There is an applause superior to that of the multitudes: one's own.
No one goes there nowadays, it's too crowded.
Speak properly, and in as few words as you can, but always plainly; for the end of speech is not ostentation, but to be understood.
An honest politician is one who, when he is bought, will stay bought.