These are the rules:
I. Marriage is no real excuse for
not loving.
II. He who is not jealous cannot
love.
III. It is well known that love
is always increasing or decreasing.
V. That which a lover takes against
the will of his beloved has no relish.
VI. Boys do not love until they
arrive at the age of maturity.
VII. When one lover dies, a widowhood
of two years is required of the survivor.
VIII. No one should be deprived
of love without the very best of reasons.
IX. No one can love unless he is
impelled by the persuasion of love.
X. Love is always a stranger in
the home of avarice.
XI. It is not proper to love any
woman whom one would be ashamed to seek to marry.
XII. A true lover does not desire
to embrace in love anyone except his beloved.
XIII. When made public, love rarely
endures.
XIV. The easy attainment of love
makes it of little value; difficulty of attainment makes it prized.
XV. Every lover regulalry turns
pale in the presence of his beloved.
XVI. When a lover suddenly catches
sight of his beloved his heart palpitates.
XVII. A new love puts to flight
an old one.
XVIII. Good character alone makes
any man worthy of love.
XIX. A man in love is always apprehensive.
XXI. Real jealousy always increases
the feeling of love.
XXII. Jealousy, and therefore love,
are increased when one suspects his beloved.
XXIII. He whom the thought of love
vexes eats and sleeps very little.
XXIV. Every act of a lover ends
in the thought of his beloved.
XXV. A true lover considers nothing
good except what he thinks will please his beloved.
XXVI. Love can deny nothing to
love.
XXVII. A lover can never have enough
of the solaces of his beloved.
XXVIII. A slight presumption causes
a lover to suspect his beloved.
XXIX. A man who is vexed by too
much passion usually does not love.
XXX. A true lover is constantly
and without intermission possessed by the thought of his beloved.
XXXI. Nothing forbids one woman
being loved by two men or one man by two women.