Love
If love is the milk of life, devotion is the cream thereof.
A child is easily moved to fondle its mother when she gives it sweet things, but if he kisses her in return for wormwood or camomile it is a proof of very real affection on his part.
Drink freely of the sacred wine of love, and it will cure you of the evil tempers which lead you to these perverse judgments.
Ah, my child, while you slept God watched over you with His boundless Love, and breathed thoughts of peace into your heart!
To my mind all other friendship is but as a shadow with respect to this, its links mere fragile glass compared to the golden bond of true devotion.
Devotion is the sweetest of sweets, the queen of virtues, the perfection of love.
In a word, such a friendship should be strong and sweet; altogether holy, sacred, divine and spiritual.
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