Quotes by James Lendall Basford

“Though lovers' talk may be light and trivial, it often proves momentous as eternity.”

“He that is in love desires it to be known.”

“Pure love is as gentle as the moon and as constant as the sun.”

“Love, like paint and putty, generally covers a multitude of defects.”

“Requited love is blissful state, No mortals can themselves create: We know not why to us 'tis given— Enough: we know it is of Heaven.”

“Although love may be planted in the lowest places, its foliage and fruits may reach to the skies.”

“Love is mostly valor, with little discretion.”

“Life is a long road on a short journey.”

“The line of life is a snarl of loops and ends.”

“The plane of life is a frozen sea, on which all make many slips, and finally break through into eternity.”

“However we sail on the ocean of life our course is determined by Nature's trade-winds and Divinity's undertow.”

“Opportunities and duties are the warp and woof of life.”