There is no real evil in life, except great pain; all the rest is imaginary, and depends on the light in which we view things
Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sevigne. . .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 SevigneWhy do we discover faults so much more readily than perfection.
Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de SevigneI fear nothing so much as a man who is witty all day long.
Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sevigne