Il y a deux amours : celui qui commande et celui qui obéit ; ils sont distincts et donnent naissance à deux passions, et l’une n’est pas l’autre. - Honoré de Balzac

A year at the breast is quite enough; children who are suckled longer are said to grow stupid, and I am all for popular sayings.

"Croyez-le, le véritable amour est éternel, infini, toujours semblable à lui-même ; il est égal et pur, sans démonstrations violentes ; il se voit en cheveux blancs, toujours jeune de cœur.”

“True love is eternal, infinite, and always like itself. It is equal and pure, without violent demonstrations: it is seen with white hairs and is always young in the heart."
(Always from Kindle Alexander)

Yes, I can understand that a man might go to gambling table - when he sees that all that lies between himself and death is his last crown