“In order for love to exist, there has to be an affinity of thoughts, affinity of feelings, identical preoccupations.”
“It is wrong to think that love comes from long companionship and persevering courtship. Love is the offspring of spiritual affinity and unless that affinity is created in a moment, it will not be created for years or even generations.”
“Whatever bears affinity to cunning is despicable.”
“Still, whencesoever derived, the Egyptian people, as it existed in the flourishing time of Egyptian history, was beyond all question a mixed race, showing different affinities.”
“Men of God and men of war have strange affinities.”
“Violent antipathies are always suspicious, and betray a secret affinity.”