If you think you can win, you can win. Faith is necessary to victory.

Satirists gain the applause of others through fear, not through love.

Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food.

Even in the common affairs of life, in love, friendship, and marriage, how little security have we when we trust our happiness in the hands of others!

To be capable of steady friendship or lasting love, are the two greatest proofs, not only of goodness of heart, but of strength of mind.