No love can be bound by oath or covenant to secure it against a higher love

I will not hide my tastes or aversions. I will so trust that what is deep is holy, that I will do strongly before the sun and moon whatever only rejoices me, and the heart appoints

'Tis man's perdition to be safe, When for the truth he ought to die

All mankind loves a lover.

Hence arose the saying, "If I love you, what is that to you?" We say so, because we feel that what we love is not in your will, but above it. It is not you, but your radiance. It is that which you know not in yourself, and can never know.

All mankind love a lover.