Thou also canst annoy; thou also canst punish! Take refuge in thy nerves, in unkindness; make use of thy power, and enjoy the pleasure of revenge!" Good Spirits.--"Think on thy wants, on thy faults! Recollect all the patience, all the kindness, all the tenderness which has been shown thee! Think on the many beautiful moments! Think on thy husband's worth, on his beautiful noble qualities! Think also on life, how short it is; how much unavoidable bitterness it possesses; how much which it is easy either to bear or to chase away; and think on the all-rectifying power of affection.

Tremble before the chains of selfish feeling; free thyself from them by a new sacrifice of love, and purify the heaven of home.
Ascending clouds can easily expand into a destructive tempest, or can disperse and leave not a trace in the air.

Oh, chase them hence with the powerful breath of love!" The happiness of a long life depends, not unfrequently, upon which of these invisible counsellors in such moments we give ear to.

On this it depends whether the gates of heaven or of hell shall be opened upon earth to men.

Elise listened to the good counsellors; she conversed long with them, and the more pure recollections they sent into her soul the lighter it became therein.