"Laws and principles are not for the times when there is no temptation: they are for such moments as this, when body and soul rise in mutiny against their rigour ... If at my convenience I might break them, what would be their worth?"
"[O]ur honeymoon will shine our life long: its beams will only fade over your grave or mine."
"I would always rather be happy than dignified."
"To talk to each other is but a more animated and an audible thinking."
"All my heart is yours, sir: it belongs to you; and with you it would remain, were fate to exile the rest of me from your presence forever."
"There is no happiness like that of being loved by your fellow creatures, and feeling that your presence is an addition to their comfort."