The first rule for speaking well is to think well.

- Anne-Therese De Marguenat De Courcelles

Simplicity is oftenest an adroit pretence.

- Anne-Therese De Marguenat De Courcelles

Politeness costs little and yields much.

- Anne-Therese De Marguenat De Courcelles

Temperance adds zest to pleasure.

- Anne-Therese De Marguenat De Courcelles

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

- Anne-Therese De Marguenat De Courcelles

One of the duties of old-age, is the management of time. The less that remains to us, the more valuable we ought to consider it.

- Anne-Therese De Marguenat De Courcelles

The pleasures of the world are deceitful; they promise more than they give. They trouble us in seeking them, they do not satisfy us when possessing t…

- Anne-Therese De Marguenat De Courcelles

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

- Anne-Therese De Marguenat De Courcelles

Perfect friendship puts us under the necessity of being virtuous. As it can only be preserved among estimable persons, it forces us to resemble them.…

- Anne-Therese De Marguenat De Courcelles