I love no woman, for love is a serious business, not a jest.

For above all things Love means sweetness, and truth, and measure; yea, loyalty to the loved one and to your word. And because of this I dare not meddle with so high a matter.

Out of five hundred who speak glibly of love, not one can spell the first letter of his name.

For what the lover would, that would the beloved; what she would ask of him that should he go before to grant. Without accord such as this, love is but a bond and a constraint.

People are entitled to their friendships, and we're all entitled to be disappointed by our friends when they disappoint us.

Friendship increases in visiting friends, but in visiting them seldom.

A blessed thing it is for any man or woman to have a friend, one human soul whom we can trust utterly, who knows the best and worst of us, and who loves us in spite of all our faults.

I've definitely been in relationships with friends where I wanted to do something different than I know a friend has. It's that complicated balance between wanting to do what you know is right for you and not wanting to hurt someone's feelings.