Heaven would indeed be heaven if lovers were there permitted as much enjoyment as they had experienced on earth.

Much is required of those who are happy, especially if they have needed comforting in the past, and have received it.

Although love dwells in gorgeous palaces, and sumptuous apartments, more willingly than in miserable and desolate cottages, it cannot be denied but that he sometimes causes his power to be felt in the gloomy recesses of forests, among the most bleak and rugged mountains, and in the dreary caves of a desert.

To have compassion for those who suffer is a human quality which everyone should possess, especially those who have required comfort themselves in the past and have managed to find it in others.

No-thing less splendid than a golden sepulchre would have suited so noble a heart.

In this world, you only get what you grab for.

In the affairs of this world, poverty alone is without envy.