“I have great hopes that we shall love each other all our lives as much as if we had never married at all
“A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment
“Love is the delightful interval between meeting a beautiful girl and discovering that she looks like a haddock
“If you have it (love), you don't need to have anything else. If you don't have it, it doesn't matter much what else you have.
“The moment eternal - just that and no more - when ecstasy's utmost we clutch at the core while cheeks burn, arms open, eyes shut, and lips meet!
“God be thanked, the meanest of his creatures boasts two soul-sides, one to face the world with, one to show a woman when he loves her