"In his response to Livingston, Hamilton made clear that some family members thought he was excessively preoccupied by the opposite sex. "I exercise [my pen] at the [risk] of being anathematized by grave censors for dedicating so much of my time to so trifling and insignificant a toy as--woman." Though Livingston, apparently, had spurned his advances--he chides her apathy--he concludes philosophically that "I shall probably be in a fine way" and tells her that "ALL FOR LOVE is my motto."