It is best to love wisely, no ...

It is best to love wisely, no doubt; but to love foolishly is better than not to be able to love at all.
 William Makepeace Thackeray

Quotes from the same author

Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children.
 William Makepeace Thackeray
If fathers are sometimes sulky at the appearance of the destined son-in-law, is it not a fact that mothers become sentimental and, as it were, love their own loves over again.
 William Makepeace Thackeray
When a mother, as fond mothers will; vows that she knows every thought in her daughter's heart, I think she pretends to know a great deal too much.
 William Makepeace Thackeray
A woman with fair opportunities, and without an absolute hump, may marry WHOM SHE LIKES.
 William Makepeace Thackeray
A woman with fair opportunities, and without an absolute hump, may marry whom she likes. Only let us be thankful that the darlings are like the beasts of the field, and don't know their own power. They would overcome us entirely if they did.
 William Makepeace Thackeray