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

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

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 want to be very close to someone I respect and admire and have somebody who feels the same way read more

I want to be very close to someone I respect and admire and have somebody who feels the same way about me.

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

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

Talk not of wasted affection; affection never was wasted.

Talk not of wasted affection; affection never was wasted.

The best way to hold a man is in your arms.

The best way to hold a man is in your arms.

You can search throughout the entire universe for someone who is more deserving of your love and affection than you read more

You can search throughout the entire universe for someone who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself, and that person is not to be found anywhere. You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe deserve your love and affection.

Caresses, expressions of one sort or another, are necessary to the life of the affections as leaves are to the read more

Caresses, expressions of one sort or another, are necessary to the life of the affections as leaves are to the life of a tree. If they are wholly restrained, love will die at the roots.

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.