The Grand essentials of happiness are: something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.

The Grand essentials of happiness are: something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.

I cannot love as I have loved,
And yet I know not why;
It is the one read more

I cannot love as I have loved,
And yet I know not why;
It is the one great woe of life
To feel all feeling die.

You don't love someone because they're perfect, you love them in spite of the fact that they're not.

You don't love someone because they're perfect, you love them in spite of the fact that they're not.

Infatuation is when you think he's as sexy as Robert Redford, as smart as Henry Kissinger, as noble as Ralph read more

Infatuation is when you think he's as sexy as Robert Redford, as smart as Henry Kissinger, as noble as Ralph Nader, as funny as Woody Allen, and as athletic as Jimmy Conners. Love is when you realize that he's as sexy as Woody Allen, as smart as Jimmy Connors, as funny as Ralph Nader, as athletic as Henry Kissinger and nothing like Robert Redford - but you'll take him anyway.

Love conquers all, and let us yield to it. —Omnia vincit amor, et nos cedamus amori

Love conquers all, and let us yield to it. —Omnia vincit amor, et nos cedamus amori

The simple lack of her is more to me than others' presence.

The simple lack of her is more to me than others' presence.

Love, with very young people, is a heartless business. We drink at that age from thirst, or to get drunk; read more

Love, with very young people, is a heartless business. We drink at that age from thirst, or to get drunk; it is only later in life that we occupy ourselves with the individuality of our wine.

Like the measles, love is most dangerous when it comes late in life.

Like the measles, love is most dangerous when it comes late in life.

It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.

It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.