Would that thy love, beloved, had less trust in me, that it might be more anxious!

it is not the deed but the intention that makes the crime.

The heart overwhelmed by grief knows no rest.

Ever tried putting a caramel candy in a cup of hot tea? It's excellent! Not only does it give a little different taste to the tea, but it takes the place of the sugar and cream which you ordinarily add.

What cannot letters inspire? They have souls; they can speak; they have in them all that force which expresses the transports of the heart.

Letters were first invented for consoling such solitary wretches as myself. Having lost the substantial pleasures of seeing and possessing you, I shall in some measure compensate this loss by the satisfaction I shall find in your writing.

Prosperity seldom chooses the side of the virtuous.