It has also this evil in it for you, aside from the danger: it will make your duty harder to perform.

When a man longs for what he may not have, he should not think upon it, much less act on it.

Our desires, like covetousness and jealousy, feed upon themselves.

We may, if we but knew it, augment or abate them at will." "I shall always think on--on my love for Yolanda," he replied.

"I would not abate it one jot; I would augment it in my heart.