Michael

“A true lover must know how to receive as well as to give.”
― Douglas Carlton Abrams, The Lost Diary of Don Juan: An Account of the True Arts of Passion and the Perilous Adventure of Love

“What well-bred woman would refuse her heart to a man who had just saved her life? Not one; and gratitude is a short cut which speedily leads to love.”
― Théophile Gautier, Mademoiselle de Maupin

“And believe me, darling, there's no man more faithful than a reformed playboy. They make far better husbands than men who haven't had time to sow their wild oats before they marry, so go off the rails at about forty-five because they suddenly realise that they've missed out on life and if they don't hurry up it's going to be too late.”
― Sally Wentworth, Flying High

“The life given us, by nature is short; but the memory of a well-spent life is eternal.”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero