“There is no more lovely, friendly, and charming relationship, communion, or company than a good marriage.
“I have great hopes that we shall love each other all our lives as much as if we had never married at all
“Love is the delightful interval between meeting a beautiful girl and discovering that she looks like a haddock
“World's use is cold, world's love is vain, world's cruelty is bitter bane; but is not the fruit of pain
“If we would build on a sure foundation in friendship, we must love friends for their sake rather than for our own
“The moment eternal - just that and no more - when ecstasy's utmost we clutch at the core while cheeks burn, arms open, eyes shut, and lips meet!
“God be thanked, the meanest of his creatures boasts two soul-sides, one to face the world with, one to show a woman when he loves her