Conjugal love, or the friendship of spouses, can persist even after sexual desires have weakened, withered, and disappeared.

Conjugal love, or the friendship of spouses, can persist even after sexual desires have weakened, withered, and disappeared.

We come to love not by finding the perfect person, but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly.

We come to love not by finding the perfect person, but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly.

First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity: no really self-respecting woman would take advantage of read more

First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity: no really self-respecting woman would take advantage of it.

If we are to judge of love by its consequences, it more nearly resembles hatred than friendship.

If we are to judge of love by its consequences, it more nearly resembles hatred than friendship.

To love is to place our happiness in the happiness of another.

To love is to place our happiness in the happiness of another.

Love makes the time pass. Time makes love pass.

Love makes the time pass. Time makes love pass.

Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.

Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.

Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired.

Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired.

Love, the itch, and a cough cannot be hid.

Love, the itch, and a cough cannot be hid.