When I step into this library, I cannot understand why I ever step out of it.
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 SevigneGloom and sadness are poison to us, and the origin of hysterics. You are right in thinking that this disease is in the imagination; you have defined it perfectly; it is vexation which causes it to spring up, and fear that supports it.
Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sevigne