It was not a hope I was pressing to my heart, but a certainty.

Happy those who in their agony have such a refuge.

We should all take Plato's advice and never give up everlasting hope, "alluring ourselves as with enchantments, for the hope is noble and the reward is great." Quite right.

It would be no greater miracle that brought us into another world to live forever with our dearest than that which has brought us into this one to live a lifetime with them.

Both are equally incomprehensible to finite beings.