When women oppose themselves to the projects and ambition of men, they excite their lively resentment; if in their youth they meddle with political intrigues, their modesty must suffer.
Madame de StaelLove which is only an episode in the life of men, is the entire history of the life of women.
Madame de StaelThe sense of this word among the Greeks affords the noblest definition of it; enthusiasm signifies 'God in us.'
Madame de Stael