The first duty of love is to listen.

The first duty of love is to listen.

Love is my sword, goodness my armor, and humor my shield.

Love is my sword, goodness my armor, and humor my shield.

You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.

You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.

Love matches, so called, have illusion for their father and need for their mother.

Love matches, so called, have illusion for their father and need for their mother.

Women love men for their defects; if men have enough of them, women will forgive them anything, even their gigantic read more

Women love men for their defects; if men have enough of them, women will forgive them anything, even their gigantic intellects.

We conceal it from ourselves in vain-- we must always love something. In those matters seemingly removed from love, the read more

We conceal it from ourselves in vain-- we must always love something. In those matters seemingly removed from love, the feeling is secretly to be found, and man cannot possibly live for a moment without it.

You know how they say you only hurt the ones you love? Well, it works both ways.

You know how they say you only hurt the ones you love? Well, it works both ways.

Can there be a love which does not make demands on its object? -Confucius.

Can there be a love which does not make demands on its object? -Confucius.

rnAbsence diminishes mediocre passions and increases great ones, as the wind extinguishes candles and fans fires.

rnAbsence diminishes mediocre passions and increases great ones, as the wind extinguishes candles and fans fires.