Conjugal love, or the friendship of spouses, can persist even after sexual desires have weakened, withered, and disappeared.

Conjugal love, or the friendship of spouses, can persist even after sexual desires have weakened, withered, and disappeared.

In dreams and in love there are no impossibilities.

In dreams and in love there are no impossibilities.

The beauty of love is in the smile we put on someone else face... Asking for nothing in return.

The beauty of love is in the smile we put on someone else face... Asking for nothing in return.

Spiteful words can hurt your feelings but silence breaks your heart.

Spiteful words can hurt your feelings but silence breaks your heart.

What we can do for another is the test of powers; what we can suffer is the test of love.

What we can do for another is the test of powers; what we can suffer is the test of love.

My heart I fain would ask thee
What then is Love? say on.
"Two souls and one read more

My heart I fain would ask thee
What then is Love? say on.
"Two souls and one thought only
Two hearts that throb as one."
[Ger., Mein Herz ich will dich fragen,
Was ist denn Liebe, sag?
"Zwei Seelen und ein Gedanke,
Zwei Herzen und ein Schlag."

Those who ask for love in return are coolies demanding wages.

Those who ask for love in return are coolies demanding wages.

Ask not of me, love, what is love?
Ask what is good of God above;
Ask of read more

Ask not of me, love, what is love?
Ask what is good of God above;
Ask of the great sum what is light;
Ask what is darkness of the night;
Ask sin of what may be forgiven;
Ask what is happiness of heaven;
Ask what is folly of the crowd;
Ask what is fashion of the shroud;
Ask what is sweetness of thy kiss;
Ask of thyself what beauty is.

Love matches are made by people who are content, for a month of honey, to condemn themselves to a life read more

Love matches are made by people who are content, for a month of honey, to condemn themselves to a life of vinegar.