I have done one braver thing than all the Worthies did, and yet a braver thence doth spring, which is, to keep that hid.
John DonneLove was as subtly caught, as a disease; But being got it is a treasure sweet, which to defend is harder than to get: And ought not be profaned on either part, for though 'Tis got by chance, 'Tis kept by art.
John Donne