Talk not of wasted affection; affection never was wasted.

Talk not of wasted affection; affection never was wasted.

This is the hardest of all: to close the open hand out of love, and keep modest as a giver.

This is the hardest of all: to close the open hand out of love, and keep modest as a giver.

Love does not begin and end the way we seem to think it does. Love is a battle, love is read more

Love does not begin and end the way we seem to think it does. Love is a battle, love is a war; love is a growing up.

For true love is inexhaustible; the more you give, the more you have. And if you go to draw at read more

For true love is inexhaustible; the more you give, the more you have. And if you go to draw at the true fountainhead, the more water you draw, the more abundant is its flow.

Fall in love with someone who deserves your heart. Not someone who plays with it.

Fall in love with someone who deserves your heart. Not someone who plays with it.

The porcupine, whom one must handle gloved, May be respected, but is never loved.

The porcupine, whom one must handle gloved, May be respected, but is never loved.

Be careful what you set your heart upon - for it will surely be yours.

Be careful what you set your heart upon - for it will surely be yours.

Life in common among people who love each other is the ideal of happiness.

Life in common among people who love each other is the ideal of happiness.

To be fond of dancing was a certain step towards falling in love.

To be fond of dancing was a certain step towards falling in love.