Why, death is the greatest blessing.

We all long for it; it is the end of our being.

As for riches, they are a curse, abhorred by all.

Above all, as to love, we shrink from the thought of requital.

Death is our chief blessing, poverty our greatest happiness, and unrequited love the sweetest lot of man." All this sounded like the ravings of a lunatic, yet the Kohen was not mad.