Voltaire
  • Love is a canvas furnished by nature and embroidered by imagination.

  • It is not love that should be depicted as blind, but self-love.

  • Love has features which pierce all hearts, he wears a bandage which conceals the faults of those beloved. He has wings, he comes quickly and flies away the same.

  • Divorce is probably of nearly the same date as marriage. I believe, however, that marriage is some weeks the more ancient.

  • Friendship is the marriage of the soul, and this marriage is liable to divorce.