A girl's affections should never be won unsought.

I see that a man cannot give himself up to drinking without being miserable one half his days and mad the other.

This paper will serve instead of a confidential friend into whose ear I might pour forth the overflowings of my heart. It will not sympathize with my distresses, but then, it will not laugh at them, and, if I keep it close, it cannot tell again; so it is, perhaps, the best friend I could have for the purpose.

I cannot get him to write or speak in real, solid earnest. I don't much mind it now, but if it be always so, what shall I do with the serious part of myself?

Intimate acquaintance must precede real friendship

Are you hero enough to unite yourself to one whom you know to be suspected and despised by all around you, and identify your interests and your honor with hers?

Increase of love brings increase of happiness, when it is mutual, and pure as that will be.