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The cure for all ills and wrongs, the cares, the sorrows and the crimes of humanity, all lie in the read more
The cure for all ills and wrongs, the cares, the sorrows and the crimes of humanity, all lie in the one word 'love.' It is the divine vitality that everywhere produces and restores life.
There is nothing enduring in life for a women except what she builds in a man's heart.
There is nothing enduring in life for a women except what she builds in a man's heart.
There is no disguise which can hide love for long where it exists, or simulate it where it does not.
There is no disguise which can hide love for long where it exists, or simulate it where it does not.
The essence of romantic love is that wonderful beginning, after which sadness and impossibility may become the rule.
The essence of romantic love is that wonderful beginning, after which sadness and impossibility may become the rule.
Pleasure only starts once the worm has got into the fruit, to become delightful happiness must be tainted with poison.
Pleasure only starts once the worm has got into the fruit, to become delightful happiness must be tainted with poison.
Of all the tyrants the world affords,
Our own affections are the fiercest lords.
Of all the tyrants the world affords,
Our own affections are the fiercest lords.
Pleasure is a shadow, wealth is vanity, and power a pageant; but knowledge is ecstatic in enjoyment, perennial in frame, read more
Pleasure is a shadow, wealth is vanity, and power a pageant; but knowledge is ecstatic in enjoyment, perennial in frame, unlimited in space and indefinite in duration.
Fair and softly goes far.
Fair and softly goes far.
In life, as in art, the beautiful moves in curves.
In life, as in art, the beautiful moves in curves.