“You have to be very fond of men. Very, very fond. You have to be very fond of them to love them. Otherwise, the spectacle is too abject.”

“Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same.”

“He's more myself than I am. Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same.”

“The love of a mother is the veil of a softer light between the heart and the heavenly Father.”

“Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.”