How long time is when one is sad! Is it three years or three days since you went away?
Eugenie de GuerinOh! if people were but acquainted with piety, they would not fear it so much, or give it so unattractive a character; 'tis the balm of life, and perhaps in the world it is believed to consist of bitterness, harshness, uncouthness; but, take my word for it, nothing is more gentle, more yielding, more loving than a pious soul.
Eugenie de GuerinCertainly, friends are sufficiently rare not to be neglected; they are life's best comforters.
Eugenie de Guerin