1.
love of learning is the most necessary passion ... in it lies our happiness. It's a sure remedy for what ails us, an unending source of pleasure.
Emilie du Chatelet
Adoration of knowledge is the most essential ardor... in it lies our contentment. It's a certain antidote for what plagues us, an unending wellspring of gratification.
2.
To be happy, one must rid oneself of prejudice, be virtuous, healthy, and have a capacity for enjoyment and for passion.
Emilie du Chatelet
To achieve contentment, one must free oneself from bias, exhibit morality, be vigorous, and possess the aptitude for pleasure and enthusiasm.
3.
Let us choose for ourselves our path in life, and let us try to strew that path with flowers.
Emilie du Chatelet
Let us opt to carve our own route in life, and let us endeavor to adorn that course with blossoms.
4.
Let us decide on the route that we wish to take to pass our life, and attempt to sow that route with flowers.
Emilie du Chatelet
5.
Self-love is always the mainspring, more or less concealed, of our actions; it is the wind which swells the sails, without which the ship could not go.
Emilie du Chatelet