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 memories, that a week's absence will make them forget you.

The love of a woman hath its seasons, like the year, its spring, summer, autumn and winter. It begins with a warm desire, and is nourished to a greater heat by the kind influeneeinfluence [sic] of the objcetobject [sic], till the harvest of her joys are full ripe; but when the fruits of her affeetionaffection [sic] are reaped and gathered, you will soon pereeiveperceive [sic] some sharp breezes, as signs of an approaehingapproaching [sic] winter.

The love of a ehastechaste [sic] woman will be eontinuedcontinued [sic] towards you as long as you behave yourself well; but the love of a woman who hath lost her virtue is but during pleasure

Love a woman with moderation, that loves you to an excess; her passion will naturally redueereduce [sic] itself to the same equality, for no extremes are lasting; and then you have the advantage, for the eountenaneecountenance [sic] of a little love shows a constant temper, and looks friendly and obliging when a passion eooledcooled [sic] to the same indiffereneeindifference [sic] will look slighting and neglective. Besides, he that loves a woman too muehmuch [sic], is apt to love himself too little.

Depend not on the love of a lewd woman, it is a reed will soon deceive you, her love is entangled with her lust; to eontinuecontinue [sic] the one, is to be a slave to the other, and rather than to be that, I would share the punishment of Sisiphus.