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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.
Talk not of wasted affection; affection never was wasted.
Talk not of wasted affection; affection never was wasted.
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.
A woman's life is a history of the affections.
A woman's life is a history of the affections.
Affection is responsible for nine-tenths of whatever solid and durable happiness there is in our lives.
Affection is responsible for nine-tenths of whatever solid and durable happiness there is in our lives.
The bee's favorite couplet: a sunup brimming buttercuplet.
The bee's favorite couplet: a sunup brimming buttercuplet.
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.
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.
