Delicious tears! The heart's own dew.
who has not experienced, at some time or other, that words had all the relief of tears?
... many a heart is caught in the rebound ... Pride may be soothed by the ready devotion of another; vanity may be excited the more keenly by recent mortification.
The fearless make their own way.
Consistency is a human word, but it certainly expresses nothing human.
Oh, only those whose souls have felt this one idolatry can tell how precious is the slightest thing affection gives and hallows.