When a woman in my office became engaged, a colleague offered her some advice. "The first ten years are the hardest."
"How long have you been married?" I asked.
"Ten years," she replied.
Love can not grow without passion.
--Greek Proverb
Captain William Driver, skipper of the brig Charles Doggett, was the first person to call the American flag "Old Glory". He made a ceremony of it in 1824.