'Tis said of love that it sometimes goes, sometimes flies; runs with one, walks gravely with another; turns a third read more

'Tis said of love that it sometimes goes, sometimes flies; runs with one, walks gravely with another; turns a third into ice, and sets a fourth in a flame: it wounds one, another it kills: like lightning it begins and ends in the same moment: it makes that fort yield at night which it besieged but in the morning; for there is no force able to resist it.

There can be no deep disappointment where there is not deep love.

There can be no deep disappointment where there is not deep love.

Love is something far more than desire for sexual intercourse; it is the principal means of escape from the loneliness read more

Love is something far more than desire for sexual intercourse; it is the principal means of escape from the loneliness which afflicts most men and women throughout the greater part of their lives.

In those whom I like, I can find no common denominator; in those whom I love I can: they all read more

In those whom I like, I can find no common denominator; in those whom I love I can: they all make me laugh.

You were made perfectly to be loved - and surely I have loved you, in the idea of you, my read more

You were made perfectly to be loved - and surely I have loved you, in the idea of you, my whole life long.

I cannot love as I have loved,
And yet I know not why;
It is the one read more

I cannot love as I have loved,
And yet I know not why;
It is the one great woe of life
To feel all feeling die.

If I know what love is, it is because of you.

If I know what love is, it is because of you.

The love of family and the admiration of friends is much more important than wealth and privilege.

The love of family and the admiration of friends is much more important than wealth and privilege.

Could I love less, I should be happier now.

Could I love less, I should be happier now.