Only enemies speak the truth; friends and lovers lie endlessly, caught in the web of duty.

Only enemies speak the truth; friends and lovers lie endlessly, caught in the web of duty.

It is a beautiful trait in the lover's character, that they think no evil of the object loved.

It is a beautiful trait in the lover's character, that they think no evil of the object loved.

If it's true that men are such beasts, this must account for the fact that most women are animal lovers.

If it's true that men are such beasts, this must account for the fact that most women are animal lovers.

Love ceases to be a pleasure, when it ceases to be a secret.

Love ceases to be a pleasure, when it ceases to be a secret.

Lovers are fools, but Nature makes them so.

Lovers are fools, but Nature makes them so.

I had a lovers quarrel with the world.

I had a lovers quarrel with the world.

No one worth possessing can be quite possessed.

No one worth possessing can be quite possessed.

You are my lover and I am your mistress and kingdoms and empires and governments have tottered and succumbed before read more

You are my lover and I am your mistress and kingdoms and empires and governments have tottered and succumbed before now to that mighty combination.

One seeks to make the loved one entirely happy, or, if that cannot be, entirely wretched.

One seeks to make the loved one entirely happy, or, if that cannot be, entirely wretched.