A woman might forgive a man for all his sins; it's that stained-glass attitude with which he decides to "give them up" when he is tired of them that exasperates her so.

   True Love can be no deeper than your capacity for friendship, no higher than your ideals, and no broader than the scope of your vision.

   True Love, in the cave man, is expressed by a desire to beat a woman, and to pull her around by the hair.

   True Love, in the Broadwayite, is expressed by an insatiable craving to

    buy things

   for a woman.

   True Love, in a husband, is expressed by his willingness to give his wife anything, from the tenderest piece of steak to a divorce, if it will make her happy.

   True Love, in any man, is the essence of unselfishness; and the most selfish thing in the world. It is the selfishness that transcends selfishness; the vanity that puts egotism in the shade.

   True Love, in a bachelor, is exemplified by his willingness to marry a woman—against all his instincts, his sense of self-preservation, and his better judgment.

   True Love, in a born flirt, is evidenced by his inability to think of any

    other woman

   , while he is kissing a particular one.

   True Love, in an author, is demonstrated by his self-restraint, in refusing to make "copy" out of a love affair.

   True Love, in a college boy, is expressed by his ability to think of somebody besides himself for a whole hour at a time.

   It is the flash of light, by which one sees clearly that to do for another, give to another, and sacrifice for another, will get one the most happiness out of life.

   True Love, in the poet, is expressed in soul kisses, and by his inability to do any work for days at a time.

   We speak of "falling in love," as though it were a pit or an abyss; but True Love is the light on the mountain-top, to which we must eternally 

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