I wash my hands of those who imagine chattering to be knowledge, silence to be ignorance, and affection to be read more

I wash my hands of those who imagine chattering to be knowledge, silence to be ignorance, and affection to be art.

I was adored once too.

I was adored once too.

The moment we indulge our affections, the earth is metamorphosed, there is no winter and no night; all tragedies, all read more

The moment we indulge our affections, the earth is metamorphosed, there is no winter and no night; all tragedies, all ennuis, vanish,--all duties even.

The hardest of all is learning to be a well of affection, and not a fountain; to show them we read more

The hardest of all is learning to be a well of affection, and not a fountain; to show them we love them not when we feel like it, but when they do.

A woman's life is a history of the affections.

A woman's life is a history of the affections.

In nine cases out of ten, a woman had better show more affection than she feels.

In nine cases out of ten, a woman had better show more affection than she feels.

I never met a man I didn't like.

I never met a man I didn't like.

The bee's favorite couplet: a sunup brimming buttercuplet.

The bee's favorite couplet: a sunup brimming buttercuplet.

You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.

You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.