If Pity come as Pity, bid her stay; But if in guise of Love, chase her away.
Love is God's essence; Power but his attribute: therefore is his love greater than his power.
Love is wont to visit Man in the company of Desire; but Woman by himself.
In the religion of Love the courtesan is a heretic; but the nun is an atheist.
Then is Love blest, when from the cup of the body he drinks the wine of the soul.
Were Love exempt from the militations of Necessity, he were greater than God and the World.