Pity the selfishness of lovers: it is brief, a forlorn hope; it is impossible.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
A widow's refusal of a lover is seldom so explicit as to exclude hope.
There's something depressing about a young couple helplessly in love. Their state is so perfect, it must be doomed. They project such qualities on their lover that only disappointment can follow.
If my love is without sacrifice, it is selfish. Such a love is barter, for there is exchange of love and devotion in return for something. It is conditional love.
There is no man at once so unselfish and selfish as a man in love.
All discarded lovers should be given a second chance, but with somebody else.
To love one person with a private love is poor and miserable: to love all is glorious.
There is no pain equal to that which two lovers can inflict on one another. This should be made clear to all who contemplate such a union. The avoidance of this pain is the beginning of wisdom, for it is strong enough to contaminate the rest of our lives.
Lovers quarrels are the renewal of love.
A man reserves his true and deepest love not for the species of woman in whose company he finds himself electrified and enkindled, but for that one in whose company he may feel tenderly drowsy.
Our true passions are selfish.