Wisdom is that apprehension of heavenly things to which the spirit rises through love.

Laws are spider webs through which the big flies pass and the little ones get caught.

First love is a kind of vaccination which saves a man from catching the complaint the second time.

Unintelligent persons are like weeds that thrive in good ground; they love to be amused in proportion to the degree in which they weary themselves.

Love has its own instinct, finding the way to the heart, as the feeblest insect finds the way to its flower, with a will which nothing can dismay nor turn aside.

Economized love is never real love