We like to know the weakness of eminent persons; it consoles us for our inferiority.
Anne-Therese de Marguenat de CourcellesPerfect friendship puts us under the necessity of being virtuous. As it can only be preserved among estimable persons, it forces us to resemble them. You find in friendship the surety of good counsel, the emulation of good example, sympathy in our griefs, succor in our distress.
Anne-Therese de Marguenat de CourcellesWould you be esteemed? Live with persons that are estimable.
Anne-Therese de Marguenat de Courcelles