The affections are like lightning: you cannot tell where they will strike till they have fallen.

The affections are like lightning: you cannot tell where they will strike till they have fallen.

A mixture of admiration and pity is one of the surest recipes for affection.

A mixture of admiration and pity is one of the surest recipes for affection.

Always when I see a man fond of praise I always think it is because he is an affectionate man read more

Always when I see a man fond of praise I always think it is because he is an affectionate man craving for affection.

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.

Love is what makes two people sit in the middle of a bench when there is plenty of room at read more

Love is what makes two people sit in the middle of a bench when there is plenty of room at both ends

He who does not see the angels and devils in the beauty and malice of life will be far removed read more

He who does not see the angels and devils in the beauty and malice of life will be far removed from knowledge, and his spirit will be empty of affection.

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.

Affection, like melancholy, magnifies trifles; but the magnifying of the one is like looking through a telescope at heavenly objects; read more

Affection, like melancholy, magnifies trifles; but the magnifying of the one is like looking through a telescope at heavenly objects; that of the other, like enlarging monsters with a microscope.

A difference of tastes in jokes is a great strain on the affections.

A difference of tastes in jokes is a great strain on the affections.