I am not an angel," I asserted; "and I will not be one till I die: I will be myself.

Every atom of your flesh is as dear to me as my own: in pain and sickness it would still be dear.

I am always easy of belief when the creed pleases me.

Besides this earth, and besides the race of men, there is an invisible world and a kingdom of spirits: that world is around us, for it is everywhere; and those spirits watch us, for they are commissioned to gaurd us; and if we were dying in pain and shame, if scorn smote us on all sides, and hatred crushed us, angels see our tortures, recognize our innocence, and God waits ony a speration of spirit from flesh to crown us with a full reward.

If we would build on a sure foundation in friendship we must love friends for their sake rather than for our own.

And it is you, spirit--with will and energy, and virtue and purity--that I want, not alone with your brittle frame.

When you are inquisitive, Jane, you always make me smile. You open your eyes like an eager bird, and make every now and then a restless movement, as if answers in speech did not flow fast enough for you, and you wanted to read the tablet of one's heart.