True love is like ghosts, which everyone talks about and few... - Francois de La Rochefoucauld

"Neither the sun nor death can be looked at steadily."

"If we are to judge of love by its consequences, it more nearly resembles hatred than friendship."

"We promise according to our hopes and perform according to our fears."

"Hope, deceiving as it is, serves at least to lead us to the end of our lives by an agreeable route."

"However rare true love may be, it is less so than true friendship."