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.

Talk not of wasted affection; affection never was wasted.

Talk not of wasted affection; affection never was wasted.

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.

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

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.

Every gift, though it be small, is in reality great if given with affection.

Every gift, though it be small, is in reality great if given with affection.

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.

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.

I never met a man I didn't like.

I never met a man I didn't like.