If you have lived, take thankfully the past. Make, as you can, the sweet remembrance last.

Faith is to believe what you do not yet see: the reward for this faith is to see what you believe. Thus all below is strength, and all above is grace.

Repartee is the soul of conversation.

All habits gather by unseen degrees.

Learn to write well, or not to write at all.

A happy genius is the gift of nature.

Genius must be born, and never can be taught.