I do suspect that he is not really necessary to my happiness.  So much the better.  I certainly will not persuade myself to feel more than I do.  I am quite enough in love.  I should be sorry to be more.

“There are few of us who are secure enough to be within love without proper enco…”

“Nothing ever fatigues me, but doing what I do not like.”

“The removal of one solicitude generally makes way for another.”

“I will not allow books to prove anything.”