"Love those who love you. " — Voltaire

To get the full value of a joy you must have somebody to divide it with

Source: Following the Equator, ch. 48 (1897)

Wedding: A ceremony at which two persons undertake to become one, one undertakes to become nothing, and nothing undertakes to become supportable.

Source: The Devil's Dictionary (1911)

One should always be in love. That is the reason one should never marry

Source: Miscellaneous Aphorisms (1911)

It is always incomprehensible to a man that a woman should refuse an offer of marriage

Source: Emma (1815)

Autumn wins you best by this its mute appeal to sympathy for its decay

Source: Paracelsus (1835)

The good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge.

Source: What I Believe (1925)

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