I am persuaded that the greater part of our complaints arise from want of exercise.
Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de SevigneI do not like to employ secretaries that have more wit than myself. I am afraid to make them write all my nonsense.
Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sevigne[After being corrected by a grammarian for using the feminine pronoun instead of the pseudogeneric masculine:] As you please, but for my part, if I were to express myself so, I should fancy I had a beard.
Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sevigne