But there are some situations of the human mind in which good sense has very little power.
if a woman doubts as to whether she should accept a man or not, she certainly ought to refuse him. If she can hesitate as to `Yes,' she ought to say `No' directly. It is not a state to be safely entered into with doubtful feelings, with half a heart.
Fraternal love, sometimes almost every thing, is at others worse than nothing.
Life seems but a quick succession of busy nothings.
My characters shall have, after a little trouble, all that they desire.
I will only add, God bless you.