Absence diminishes mediocre passions and increases great ones, as the wind extinguishes candles and fans fires.

There is no disguise which can hide love for long where it exists, or simulate it where it does not.

In love the paradox occurs that two beings become one and yet remain two.

When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace.

Love is an act of endless forgiveness, a tender look which becomes a habit.

A man is already halfway in love with any woman who listens to him.

You can give without loving, but you can never love without giving.

Love is the greatest refreshment in life.

True love cannot be found where it does not exist, nor can it be denied where it does.

Friends show their love in times of trouble, not in happiness.