Love is not love / Which alters when it alteration finds. Shakespeare.
Love is not to be reason'd down or lost / In high ambition or a thirst of greatness. Addison.
Love is old, old as eternity, but not outworn; with each new being born or to be born. Byron.
Love is omnipresent in nature as motive and reward. Emerson.
Love is sparingly soluble in the words of men, 20 therefore they speak much of it; but one syllable of woman's speech can dissolve more of it than a man's heart can hold. Holmes.
Love is strong as death. Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it. Bible.
Love is strongest in pursuit, friendship in possession. Emerson.
Love is swift, sincere, pious, pleasant, gentle, strong, patient, faithful, prudent, long-suffering, manly, and never seeking her own. Thomas à Kempis.
Love is the bond which never corrodes. Dr. Parker.
Love is the business of the idle, but the idleness 25 of the busy. Bulwer Lytton.