"Self abandoned, relaxed and effortless, I seemed to have laid me down in the dried-up bed of a great river; I heard a flood loosened in remote mountains, I felt the torrent come; to rise I had no will, to flee I had no strength."
"And it is you, spirit--with will and energy, and virtue and purity--that I want, not alone with your brittle frame."
"Every atom of your flesh is as dear to me as my own: in pain and sickness it would still be dear."
"There is no happiness like that of being loved by your fellow creatures, and feeling that your presence is an addition to their comfort."
"There is no happiness like that of being loved by your fellow creatures, and feeling that your presence is an addition to their comfort."
"[O]ur honeymoon will shine our life long: its beams will only fade over your grave or mine."