Our most intimate friend is not he to whom we show the worst, but the best of our nature. – Nathaniel Hawthorne
What a happy and holy fashion it is that those who love one another should rest on the same pillow. – Nathaniel Hawthorne
A womans chastity consists, like an onion, of a series of coats. – Nathaniel Hawthorne
Providence seldom vouchsafes to mortals any more than just that degree of encouragement which suffices to keep them at a reasonably full exertion of their powers. – Nathaniel Hawthorne