John Dryden

"Love is love's reward."

"Let grace and goodness be the principal loadstone of thy affections. For love which hath ends, will have an end; whereas that which is founded on true virtue, will always continue."

"Pains of love be sweeter far than all other pleasures are."

"When I consider life, it is all a cheat. Yet fooled with hope, people favor this deceit."

"I am sore wounded but not slainI will lay me down and bleed a whileAnd then rise up to fight again"

"But love's a malady without a cure."