” The beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves, and not to twist them to fit our own image. Otherwise we love only the reflection of ourselves we find in them.” Thomas Merton
The beauty of a woman must be seen in her eyes, the doorway to her heart
” The beauty of a woman must be seen from in her eyes, because that is the doorway to her heart, the place where love resides.” Audrey Hepburn
The source of all other loves is self-love
” Self-love is the source of all our other loves.” Pierre Corneille
Pains of love are sweeter than all other pleasures
” Pains of love be sweeter far than all other pleasures are.” John Dryden
Nothing so sweet in life as love’s young dream
” No , there’s nothing half so sweet in life as love’s young dream.” Thomas Moore