Affections Quotes

Happiness or satisfaction consists only in the enjoyment of those objects which are by nature suited to our several particular appetites, passions, and affections.

Grief is only the memory of widowed affections.

You should not have taken advantage of my sensibility to steal into my affections without my consent.

The place of my birth, and residence for nearly sixteen years, in the early part of my life, became endeared to my feelings and affections; and more especially so after I had quitted it for an unknown place, and to associate with strangers.

Men are more accountable for their motives, than for anything else; and primarily, morality consists in the motives, that is in the affections.

A difference of taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections.

It is difficult to obtain the friendship of a cat. It is a philosophical animal... one that does not place its affections thoughtlessly.

Whilst in Prussia poets only speak of the love of country as one of the dearest of all human affections, here there is no man who does not feel, and describe with rapture, how much he loves his country.

In life, there are no perfect affections.

Son, brother, father, lover, friend. There is room in the heart for all the affections, as there is room in heaven for all the stars.

There is a time for risky love. There is a time for extravagant gestures. There is a time to pour out your affections on one you love. And when the time comes - seize it, don't miss it.

There is no sinfulness in the will and affections without some error in the understanding. All lusts which a natural man lives in, are lusts of ignorance.

A slight touch of friendly malice and amusement towards those we love keeps our affections for them from turning flat.

That is the great mistake about the affections. It is not the rise and fall of empires, the birth and death of kings, or the marching of armies that move them most. When they answer from their depths, it is to the domestic joys and tragedies of life.

Every one of our passions and affections hath its natural stint and bound, which may easily be exceeded; whereas our enjoyments can possibly be but in a determinate measure and degree.

It is sad to see a woman sacrificing the ties of the affections even to do good.

Of Manners gentle, of Affections mild; In Wit a man; Simplicity, a child.

The affections are like lightning: you cannot tell where they will strike till they have fallen.

Curiosity is natural to the soul of man and interesting objects have a powerful influence on our affections.

Of all the tyrants the world affords, our own affections are the fiercest lords.

Being Latin parents makes us extremely expressive with our affections.

Many things are unknown to the wisest, and the best men can never wholly divest themselves of passions and affections... nothing can or ought to be permanent but that which is perfect.

Our affections as well as our bodies are in perpetual flux.

To feel much for others and little for ourselves; to restrain our selfishness and exercise our benevolent affections, constitute the perfection of human nature.

Another principle is, the deepest affections of our hearts gather around some human form in which are incarnated the living thoughts and ideas of the passing age.

All the dark, malevolent Passions of the Soul are roused and exerted; its mild and amiable affections are suppressed; and with them, virtuous Principles are laid prostrate.

Animals are reliable, many full of love, true in their affections, predictable in their actions, grateful and loyal. Difficult standards for people to live up to.

You know full well as I do the value of sisters' affections: There is nothing like it in this world.

A woman's whole life is a history of the affections.

Eloquence, at its highest pitch, leaves little room for reason or reflection, but addresses itself entirely to the desires and affections, captivating the willing hearers, and subduing their understanding.