Every man hath a general desire of his own happiness and likewise a variety of particular affections passions and appetites to particular external objects.

Different taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections.

A difference of taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections.

It is difficult to obtain the friendship of a cat. It is a philosophical animal... one that does not place its affections thoughtlessly.

That is the great mistake about the affections. It is not the rise and fall of empires the birth and death of kings or the marching of armies that move them most. When they answer from their depths it is to the domestic joys and tragedies of life.

Another principle is the deepest affections of our hearts gather around some human form in which are incarnated the living thoughts and ideas of the passing age.