Love is the poetry of the senses. — Honore de Balzac

In poetry, you must love the words, the ideas and the images and rhythms with all your capacity to love anything at all. — Wallace Stevens
When a man must force himself to be faithful in his love, this is hardly better than unfaithfulness. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Men often pass from love to ambition, but they seldom come back again from ambition to love. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness. — Honore de Balzac
Passion is universal humanity. Without it religion, history, romance and art would be useless. — Honore de Balzac
All humanity is passion; without passion, religion, history, novels, art would be ineffectual. — Honore de Balzac