"there are as many nights as days &they are just as long as the other in a year's course. a 'happy' life cant be without a measure of darkness &the word 'happy' would lose its meaning if it wasnt balanced by sadness." "love is always patient and kind. it is never jealous. it is never boastful or conceited. it is never rude or selfish. it does not take pleasure in other people's sins, but delights in the truth. it is always ready to excuse, to trust, to hope, and to endure whatever comes."