Anne-therese De Marguenat De Courcelles

Temperance adds zest to pleasure.

Politeness costs little and yields much.

Simplicity is oftenest an adroit pretence.

The first rule for speaking well is to think well.

We like to know the weakness of eminent persons; it consoles us for our inferiority.

Perfect friendship puts us under the necessity of being virtuous. As it can only be preserved among ...

One of the duties of old-age, is the management of time. The less that remains to us, the more valua ...

The pleasures of the world are deceitful; they promise more than they give. They trouble us in seeki ...

We live with our defects as with the odors we carry about us: we do not perceive them, but they inco ...

The love of esteem is the life and soul of society; it unites us to one another : I want your approb ...

Would you be esteemed? live with persons that are estimable.

We can easily forgive want of means; but littleness, with means, is disgusting.

The most necessary disposition to relish pleasures is to know how to be without them.