“Love is the delightful interval between meeting a beautiful girl and discovering that she looks like a haddock
“World's use is cold, world's love is vain, world's cruelty is bitter bane; but is not the fruit of pain
“If we would build on a sure foundation in friendship, we must love friends for their sake rather than for our own
“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