Young love is a flame very pretty often very hot and fierce but still only light and flickering. The love of the older and disciplined heart is as coals deep-burning unquenchable.

Girls we love for what they are young men for what they promise to be.

I met in the street a very poor young man who was in love. His hat was old his coat worn his cloak was out at the elbows the water passed through his shoes - and the stars through his soul.

Those whom the gods love grow young.

Love is too young to know what conscience is.

Love is the word used to label the sexual excitement of the young the habituation of the middle-aged and the mutual dependence of the old.

How absurd and delicious it is to be in love with somebody younger than yourself. Everybody should try it.

A kiss makes the heart young again and wipes out the years.

If you are lucky enough to have lived in Paris as a young man then wherever you go for the rest of your life it stays with you for Paris is a moveable feast.

In poverty and other misfortunes of life true friends are a sure refuge. The young they keep out of mischief to the old they are a comfort and aid in their weakness and those in the prime of life they incite to noble deeds.