Let us choose for ourselves our path in life, and let us try to strew that path with flowers.

- Emilie Du Chatelet

Self-love is always the mainspring, more or less concealed, of our actions; it is the wind which swells the sails, without which the ship could not g…

- Emilie Du Chatelet

Let us decide on the route that we wish to take to pass our life, and attempt to sow that route with flowers.

- Emilie Du Chatelet

To be happy, one must rid oneself of prejudice, be virtuous, healthy, and have a capacity for enjoyment and for passion.

- Emilie Du Chatelet

love of learning is the most necessary passion ... in it lies our happiness. It's a sure remedy for what ails us, an unending source of pleasure.

- Emilie Du Chatelet