“To be among people one loves, that's sufficient; to dream, to speak to them, to be silent among them, to think of indifferent things; but among them, everything is equal
“Yes, we must ever be friends; and of all who offer you friendship let me be ever the first, the truest, the nearest and dearest!
“The happiest moments of my life have been the few which I have passed at home in the bosom of my family
“Grief knits two hearts in closer bonds than happiness ever can; and common sufferings are far stronger links than common joys
“There are moments in life when all we can bear is the sense that our friend is near us; our wounds would wince at the touch of consoling words, that would reveal the depths of our pain.