. . .the most astonishing, the most surprising, the most marvelous, the most miraculous. . . the greatest, the least, the rarest, the most common, the most public, the most private till today. . . I cannot bring myself to tell you: guess what it is.
Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de SevigneI know of no sorrow greater than that occasioned by a delay of the post.
Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de SevigneReligious people spend so much time with their confessors because they like to talk about themselves.
Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sevigne