It is easier to be a lover than a husband for the simple reason that it is more difficult to read more

It is easier to be a lover than a husband for the simple reason that it is more difficult to be witty every day than to say pretty things from time to time.

The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, while the heart of the fool is in the read more

The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, while the heart of the fool is in the house of entertainment.

What ever beauty may be, it has for its basis order, and for its essence unity.

What ever beauty may be, it has for its basis order, and for its essence unity.

In everything, satiety closely follows the greatest pleasures.

In everything, satiety closely follows the greatest pleasures.

Passion costs me too much to bestow it on every trifle.

Passion costs me too much to bestow it on every trifle.

For one human being to love another: that is perhaps the most difficult of our tasks; the ultimate, the last read more

For one human being to love another: that is perhaps the most difficult of our tasks; the ultimate, the last test and proof, the work for which all other work is but preparation.

A kind and compassionate act is often its own reward.

A kind and compassionate act is often its own reward.

Love builds bridges where there are none.

Love builds bridges where there are none.

It is not our exalted feelings, it is our sentiments that build the necessary home.

It is not our exalted feelings, it is our sentiments that build the necessary home.