I am conscious of eternal life.

Let others laugh when you sacrifice desire to duty, if they will. You have time and eternity to rejoice in.

Self-denial is indispensable to a strong character, and the highest kind comes from a religious stock.

It is vain to trust in wrong; as much of evil, so much of loss, is the formula of human history.

Humanity is the sin of God

You may not, cannot, appropriate beauty. It is the wealth of the eye, and a cat may gaze upon a king.

Love is the piety of the affections.