The true way to soften one's troubles is to solace those of others.
Francoise d'Aubigne, Marquise de MaintenonThere is an important difference between love and friendship. While the former delights in extremes and opposites, the latter demands equality.
Francoise d'Aubigne, Marquise de MaintenonPleasure and pain, the good and the bad, are so intermixed that we can not shun the one without depriving ourselves of the other.
Francoise d'Aubigne, Marquise de Maintenon