Oliver Cromwell seemed to have similar difficulties when he wrote:
MY DEAREST: I have not leisure to write much; but I could
chide thee that, in many of thy letters, thou writest to me
that I should not be unmindful of thee and thy little ones.
Truly, if I love you not too well, I think I err not on the
other hand much. Thou art dearer to me than any creature;
let that suffice. I rest thine