"Is not renunciation the beginning and the end of wisdom?
I have sacrificed you rather than profane our friendship by asking you to share my whole life with me.

You are unfit for that, and I have committed myself to another union, and am begging you to follow my example, lest we should tempt one another to a step which would soon prove to you how truly I tell you that you are unfit.

I have never allowed you to roam through all the chambers of my consciousness, but I keep a sanctuary there for you alone, and will keep it inviolate for you always.

Not even Agatha shall have the key, she must be content with the other rooms--the drawing-room, the working-room, the dining-room, and so forth.

They would not suit you; you would not like the furniture or the guests; after a time you would not like the master.