* * *

No heart, under repeated temperings, can remain forever keen. And

As a little body sometimes has a very big pain; so an aching heart
wonders that it can bear so much. And

What takes place in the quiet deeps of a troubled heart, who shall know?

* * *

The way to the heart is not through the head:

Between heart and heart, there are many channels. But three are in
universal use: the eyes, the lips, and the finger-tips. Now the
greatest of these is the eyes.

* * *

The masculine heart will never wholly understand the feminine, nor the
feminine the masculine. (O the pity o' it!) And yet, after all,

The human heart is much more the same, whether it beats under a cuirass
or under a corset.

Between the masculine heart and the feminine, perfect frankness is
perhaps of questionable import. But why? It is difficult to say.
Perhaps because

The aspirations and desires of the human heart are infinite and