Rather, the better and saintlier that they are, the keener do they feel their fallings off from it.

Nothing could be whiter; nothing could be purer; nothing could be saintlier of aspect.

When only fifty his mass of hair was quite wool-white, and no saintlier face, surely, ever lifted towards the skies.

He doesn't mind making people unhappy, because the more they're repressed, the saintlier they'll be.