We must never expect discretion in first love: it is accompanied by such excessive joy that unless the joy is allowed to overflow, it will choke you.

I was delighted to see you again, and forgot for the moment that all happiness is fleeting.

The truth is,’ replied Dantes, ‘that I am too happy for noisy mirth; ...joy takes a strange effect at times, it seems to oppress us almost the same as sorrow.

...joy takes a strange effect at times, it seems to oppress us almost the same as sorrow.