“At thirty years a woman asks her lover to give her back the esteem she has forfeited for his sake; she lives only for him, her thoughts are full of his future, he must have a great career, she bids him make it glorious; she can obey, entreat, command, humble herself, or rise in pride; times without number she brings comfort when a young girl can only make moan.” LoveGivingYearsYoungGirlAsksWomenNumbersCareersPrideLoversComfortSakeHumbleCommandEsteemMaturityThirtyGloriousThirty Years Author:Honore de Balzac
“I wonder love can have already set In dreams, when we've not met More times than I can number on one hand.” LoveI CanDreamHandsNumbersWonderMetsMore TimeWonder Love Book:Collected Poems Source: Collected Poems
“Love has its name borrowed by a great number of dealings and affairs that are attributed to it--in which it has no greater part than the Doge in what is done at Venice.” LoveDoneNamesNumbersGreaterAffairBorrowedVeniceDealings Author:Francois de La Rochefoucauld