My education was neglected, yet I was passionately fond of reading.
marriage is usually considered the grave, and not the cradle of love.
Nothing contributes so much to tranquilize the mind as a steady purpose - a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye.
To examine the causes of life, we must first have recourse to death.
Nothing is so painful to the human mind as a great and sudden change.
Life, although it may only be an accumulation of anguish, is dear to me, and I will defend it.