The essence of all beauty, I call love.

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.I love thee to the depth and breadth and height My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight For the ends of Being and ideal Grace.

You were made perfectly to be loved - and surely I have loved you, in the idea of you, my whole life long.

A child's kiss Set on thy sighing lips shall make thee glad; A poor man served by thee shall make thee rich; A sick man helped by thee shall make thee strong; Thou shalt be served thyself by every sense Of service which thou renderest.

Whoso loves, believes in the impossible

All actual heroes are essential men, And all men possible heroes.

Quick-loving hearts ... may quickly loathe.