There never has been, and never will be, any exception to this rule.

We see its operation daily, turn our eyes whatsoever way we choose.

And God forbid that I should deliberately enter the way that leads to ultimate unhappiness! Self-denial in the present is better than gnawing regret in the future.
The good things of this world prove to be curses instead of blessings, unless the mind be rightly adjusted for their enjoyment.

And such a right adjustment is impossible where the very fact of their possession involves a moral wrong.

I see this so clearly, Doctor, that I shudder inwardly at the bare imagination of committing such a wrong." "It is by trial that God proves us," said I, "and may He bring you out of this one, should the trial come, as gold from the refiner's furnace!" "Amen!" was her solemnly uttered response; "if it should come, may I be found strong enough to do the right!" For over a week this search for a will was continued, until it was clear to all concerned that no such document was in existence.