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A divine person is the prophecy of the mind; a friend is the hope of the heart.
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Friendship, like the immortality of the soul, is too good to be believed.
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Let the soul be assured that somewhere in the universe it should rejoin its friend, and it would be content and cheerful alone for a thousand years.
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Belief and love,--a believing love will relieve us of a vast load of care.
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Every promise of the soul has innumerable fulfilments; each of its joys ripens into a new want.
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Into the most pitiful and abject it will infuse a heart and courage to defy the world, so only it have the countenance of the beloved object.