Volume 1, Letter 10: To Eloisa

⁠​​​‌​​​​​​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​⁠How entirely was my Eloisa in the right when she said that I did not yet know her sufficiently! I constantly flatter myself that I have discovered every excellence of her soul, when new beauties daily meet my observation. What woman, but yourself, could ever unite virtue and tenderness so as to add new charms to both? In spite of myself I am forced to admire and approve that prudence which deprive