The only fit reply to a fit request is silence and the fact.

Conscience, that boon companion who sets a man free under the strong breastplate of innocence, that bids him on and fear not.

Thy soul is by vile fear assailed, which oft so overcasts a man, that he recoils from noblest resolution, like a beast at some false semblance in the twilight gloom.

Love, that all gentle hearts so quickly know.

The well heeded well heard.

Give unto us this day the daily manna Without which, in this desert where we dwell, He must go backward who would most advance.

The only fit reply to a fit request is silence and the fact.