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 ChateletTo be happy, one must rid oneself of prejudice, be virtuous, healthy, and have a capacity for enjoyment and for passion.
Emilie du ChateletSelf-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 go.
Emilie du Chatelet