For one human being to love another: that is perhaps the most difficult of our tasks; the ultimate, the last read more

For one human being to love another: that is perhaps the most difficult of our tasks; the ultimate, the last test and proof, the work for which all other work is but preparation.

The fragrance always stays in the hand that gives the rose.

The fragrance always stays in the hand that gives the rose.

I started out with nothing. I still have most of it.

I started out with nothing. I still have most of it.

Love is just a word until it is proven to you.

Love is just a word until it is proven to you.

To be able to say how much love, is love but little.

To be able to say how much love, is love but little.

Love is like the measles. The older you get it, the worse the attack.

Love is like the measles. The older you get it, the worse the attack.

Every trait of beauty may be referred to some virtue, as to innocence, candor, generosity, modesty, or heroism. St. Pierre read more

Every trait of beauty may be referred to some virtue, as to innocence, candor, generosity, modesty, or heroism. St. Pierre To cultivate the sense of the beautiful, is one of the most effectual ways of cultivating an appreciation of the divine goodness.

We always believe our first love is our last, and our last love our first.

We always believe our first love is our last, and our last love our first.

I understand by this passion the union of desire, friendship, and tenderness, which is inflamed by a single female, which read more

I understand by this passion the union of desire, friendship, and tenderness, which is inflamed by a single female, which prefers her to the rest of her sex, and which seeks her possession as the supreme or the sole happiness of our being.