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

A gentle word, a kind look, a good-natured smile can work wonders and accomplish miracles.

To expect an author to talk as he writes is ridiculous; or even if he did you would find fault with him as a pedant.

Want of principle is power. Truth and honesty set a limit to our efforts, which impudence and hypocrisy easily overleap.

That which anyone has been long learning unwillingly, he unlearns with proportional eagerness and haste.

Belief is with them mechanical, voluntary: they believe what they are paid for - they swear to that which turns to account. Do you suppose, that after years spent in this manner, they have any feeling left answering to the difference between truth and falsehood?

Principle is a passion for truth.