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