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- Young poets bewail the passing of love; old poets, the passing of time. There is surprisingly little difference. — Mason Cooley
- Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of. — Benjamin Franklin
- First love is a kind of vaccination which saves a man from catching the complaint the second time. — Honore de Balzac
- When one man dies, one chapter is not torn out of the book, but translated into a better language. — John Donne
- As virtuous men pass mildly away, and whisper to their souls to go, whilst some of their sad friends do say, the breath goes now, and some say no. — John Donne
- I am two fools, I know, for loving, and for saying so in whining poetry. — John Donne