Let them cant about decorum, Who have characters to lose!

It is natural for a young fellow to like the acquaintance of females and customary for him to keep them company when occasion serves. Some one of them is more agreeable to him than the rest; there is something, he knows not what, pleases him, he knows not how, in her company. This I take to be what is called love with the greatest part of us.

I have often thought that if a well-grounded affection be not really a part of virtue, it is something extremely akin to it.

Robert Burns Quotes