Elizabeth Lavenza Quotes

“How kind and generous you are! every one else believes in her guilt, and that made me wretched, for I knew that it was impossible: and to see every one else prejudiced in so deadly a manner rendered me hopeless and despairing.”

“For my own part, I do not hesitate to say that, notwithstanding all the evidence produced against her, I believe and rely on her perfect innocence.”

“I will melt the stony hearts of your enemies by my tears and prayers.”

″...yet I hope to see peace in your countenance and to find that your heart is not totally void of comfort and tranquillity.”

“But this is false reasoning. I confess to you, my friend, that I love you and that in my airy dreams of futurity you have been my constant friend and companion.”

“But it is your happiness I desire as well as my own when I declare to you that our marriage would render me eternally miserable unless it were the dictate of your own free choice.”

“Yet I would die to make her happy.”

“To you alone do I consecrate my life and my endeavours for contentment.”