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.

Quote by Henry Ward Beecher

Topics: Famous Love Quotes, Love Quotes

Many men build as cathedrals were built, the part nearest the ground finished; but that...

Many men build as cathedrals were built, the part nearest the ground finished; but that...

When a nation's young men are conservative, its funeral bell is already rung

When a nation's young men are conservative, its funeral bell is already rung

Selfishness is that detestable vice which no one will forgive in others, and no one...

Selfishness is that detestable vice which no one will forgive in others, and no one...

The dog is the god of frolic.

The dog is the god of frolic.

Laughter is day, and sobriety is night; a smile is the twilight that hovers gently...

Laughter is day, and sobriety is night; a smile is the twilight that hovers gently...

No man is sane who does not know how to be insane on the proper...

No man is sane who does not know how to be insane on the proper...

God pardons like a mother, who kisses the offense into everlasting forgiveness.

God pardons like a mother, who kisses the offense into everlasting forgiveness.

The mother's heart is the child's schoolroom.

The mother's heart is the child's schoolroom.

Of all escape mechanisms, death is the most efficient.

Of all escape mechanisms, death is the most efficient.

A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as...

A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as...

Living is death; dying is life. We are not what we appear to be. On...

Living is death; dying is life. We are not what we appear to be. On...

Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into...

Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into...

Good-humor makes all things tolerable

Good-humor makes all things tolerable

The sun does not shine for a few trees and flowers, but for the wide...

The sun does not shine for a few trees and flowers, but for the wide...

The advertisements in a newspaper are more full knowledge in respect to what is going...

The advertisements in a newspaper are more full knowledge in respect to what is going...

It's easier to go down a hill than up it but the view is much...

It's easier to go down a hill than up it but the view is much...

I never knew how to worship until I knew how to love

I never knew how to worship until I knew how to love

The head learns new things, but the heart forever practices old experiences.

The head learns new things, but the heart forever practices old experiences.

Our best successes often come after our greatest disappointments.

Our best successes often come after our greatest disappointments.

The babe at first feeds upon the mother's bosom, but it is always on her...

The babe at first feeds upon the mother's bosom, but it is always on her...