“From the moment that any man tells me that he cannot understand the humour of Rabelais, I never care to speak to him, or to hear him speak to me, on literary topics.”

Treating an appreciation of Rabelais as a test of literary sympathy · Essay, A Sixty-Drop Dose of Laudanum, Drop 19

• Art
• Joy

“Quarrelling with the truth and quarrelling with the motive that dictates the utterance of the truth are two distinct things.”

Separating an unwelcome fact from the intention behind stating it · Essay, A Sixty-Drop Dose of Laudanum, Drop 22

• Truth

“A great man must not only be able to foresee what ought to succeed, but what will succeed.”

Distinguishing practical foresight from ideal expectation · Essay, A Sixty-Drop Dose of Laudanum, Drop 29

• Fame
• Truth