It is the passion that is in a kiss that gives to it its sweetness; it is the affection in a kiss that sanctifies it

The passions are like fire, useful in a thousand ways and dangerous only in one, through their excess.

There are seaons when our passions have slept so long that we know not whether they still exist in us. So does flax forget that it is combustible when the fire is away from it.

It is difficult to say which is the greatest evil--to have too violent passions, or to be wholly devoid of them. Controlled with firmness, guided by discretion, and hallowed by the imagination, the passions are the vivifiers and quickeners of our being. Without passion there can be no energy of character. Indeed, the passions are like fire, useful in a thousand ways, and dangerous only in one--through their excess.

A genuine passion is like a mountain stream; it admits of no impediment; it cannot go backward; it must go forward.