Could I love less, I should be happier now.
Remember that thy heart will shed its pleasures as thine eye its tears, and both leave loathsome furrows.
Fulfill thy fate! Be-do-bear-and thank God.
Walk boldly and wisely.... There is a hand above that will help you on.
It is no great misfortune to oblige ungrateful people, but an unsupportable one to be forced to be under an obligation to a scoundrel.
We must not pluck death from the Maker's hand.