“Oh, if it be to choose and call thee mine, love, thou art every day my Valentine!” ―Thomas Hood

“Many are the starrs I see, but in my eye no starr like thee.” ―English phrase on poesy rings

“Better to have loved and lost, than to have never loved at all.” ―Saint Augustine

“Today is Valentine’s Day – or, as men like to call it, Extortion Day!” ―Jay Leno

“For it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart. It was not my lips you kissed, but my soul.” ―Judy Garland

“Love is the only gold.” ―Lord Alfred Tennyson

“Love is not finding someone to live with; it’s finding someone you can’t live without.” ―Rafael Ortiz

“Valentine’s Day: the holiday that reminds you that if you don’t have a special someone, you’re alone.” ―Lewis Black

“Valentine’s day has gotten blown way out of proportion. Valentine’s Day just used to be for your girlfriend or your wife but now everyone’s like ‘Oh, happy valentine’s day!’ I even got a Valentine’s Day card from my grandmother. How ridiculous is that? We stopped having sex years ago!” ―Greg Giraldo

“February is a month of months, and there is one special day: Valentine’s Day on the 14th. I know it’s still a ways off, but I just can’t wait. Janice, if you’re watching, will you make me the happiest man in the world and get out of my apartment?” ―Ed Helms

“Love is only a dirty trick played on us to achieve continuation of the species.” ―W. Somerset Maugham

“Women are made to be loved, not understood.” ―Oscar Wilde

“I don’t understand why Cupid was chosen to represent Valentine’s Day. When I think about romance, the last thing on my mind is a short, chubby toddler coming at me with a weapon.” ―Author Unknown

“Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs.” ―William Shakespeare

“We loved with a love that was more than love.” ―Edgar Allan Poe

“The heart has its reasons that reason knows nothing of.” ―Blaise Pascal

“Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired.” ―Robert Frost