Great souls make all affections great; they elevate and consecrate all true delights.

The sentiment even brings to light qualities before lying dormant and unsuspected.

It elevates the aspirations, expands the soul, and stimulates the mental powers.

One of the finest compliments ever paid to a woman was that of Steele, when he said of Lady Elizabeth Hastings, "that to have loved her was a liberal education." Viewed in this light, woman is an educator in the highest sense, because, above all other educators, she educates humanly and lovingly.
It has been said that no man and no woman can be regarded as complete in their experience of life, until they have been subdued into union with the world through their affections.

As woman is not woman until she has known love, neither is man man.