But do not be rough with me.

You pain me more than you can imagine when you are hasty or indifferent.

I am in earnest." "Ha, ha! That is easily said." "Not by me.

I change in my judgment of other people according to my humor, but I believe steadfastly in your goodness and beauty--as if you were an angel.

I am in earnest in my love for you as I am in earnest for my own life, which can only be perfected by your aid and influence." "You are greatly mistaken if you suppose that I am an angel." "You are wrong to mistrust yourself; but it is what I owe to you and not what I expect from you that I try to express by speaking of you as an angel.