When the heart is dry the eye is dry. - Victor Hugo

Let us have faith. No, let us not be cast down.
To despair is to desert. Let us look to the future.
The future,—no one knows what tempests still separate us from port, but the port, the distant and radiant port, is in sight; the future, we repeat, is the republic for all men; let us add, the future is peace with all men. Conclusion, Part Second, II

Certain thoughts are prayers. There are moments when, whatever the posture of the body, the soul is on it's knees.

The first symptom of true love in a man is timidity, in a young woman, boldness. This is surprising, and yet nothing is more simple. It is the two sexes tending to approach each other and assuming each the other's qualities.