“True love is like ghosts, which everyone talks about and few have seen.”

“Jealousy contains more of self-love than of love.”

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

“There is only one kind of love, but there are a thousand imitations.”

“If we resist our passions, it is more due to their weakness than our strength.”

“We all have enough strength to endure the misfortunes of others.”

“A true friend freely, advises justly, assists readily, adventures boldly, takes all patiently, defends courageously, and continues a friend unchangeably.”

“If you have one true friend you have more than your share.”

“A true friend is someone who is there for you when he'd rather be anywhere else.”

“You have to participate relentlessly in the manifestation of your own blessings.”

“It is only with true love and compassion that we can begin to mend what is broken in the world. It is these two blessed things that can begin to heal all broken hearts.”

“... its a blessed thing to love and feel loved in return.”