Love is like most contagious diseases: the more afraid you are of it, the more likely you are to catch it.
Men and women have in common five senses; but women possess a sixth one, by far the keenest of all—intuition. For that matter, women do not even think, argue, and judge as safely as they feel.
Cupid and Hymen are brothers, but, considering the difference in their temperaments, they cannot be sons by the same wife.
The motto of Cupid is, 'All or nothing'; that of Hymen, 'All and nothing.'
Love is more indulgent than Friendship for acts of infidelity.