Faith is a devout belief in what one does not understand.

- Marie Anne De Vichy-Chamrond, Marquise Du Deffand

I love nothing and that is the true cause of my ennui.

- Marie Anne De Vichy-Chamrond, Marquise Du Deffand

Let us strive to improve ourselves, for we cannot remain stationary; one either progresses or retrogrades.

- Marie Anne De Vichy-Chamrond, Marquise Du Deffand

The first step is the hardest.

- Marie Anne De Vichy-Chamrond, Marquise Du Deffand

Heed the still small voice that so seldom leads us wrong, and never into folly.

- Marie Anne De Vichy-Chamrond, Marquise Du Deffand

[On the legend that after being beheaded St. Denis walked six miles with his head in his hands:] It is only the first step that is difficult.

- Marie Anne De Vichy-Chamrond, Marquise Du Deffand

Do I believe in ghosts? No, but I'm afraid of them.

- Marie Anne De Vichy-Chamrond, Marquise Du Deffand

I hear nothings, I speak nothings, I take interest in nothing and from nothing to nothing I travel gently down the dull way which leads to becoming n…

- Marie Anne De Vichy-Chamrond, Marquise Du Deffand

God is not more incomprehensible than you; but if he is not more just, it is hardly worth while beIieving in him.

- Marie Anne De Vichy-Chamrond, Marquise Du Deffand