We often are consoled by our want of reason for misfortunes that reason could not have comforted.

There is a sort of love whose very excessiveness prevents the lover's being jealous.

Friendship is a traffic wherein self-love always proposes to be the gainer.

When you plant a seed of love, it is you that blossoms. Ma Jaya Sati Bhagavati The 11 Karmic Spaces: Choosing Freedom from the Patterns That Bind You There are two kinds of faithfulness in love: one is based on forever finding new things to love in the loved one; the other is based on our pride in being faithful.

Listening well and answering well is one of the greatest perfections that can be obtained in conversation.

Consolation for unhappiness can often be found in a certain satisfaction we get from looking unhappy.

Being a blockhead is sometimes the best security against being cheated by a man of wit.