1.
The true way to soften one's troubles is to solace those of others.
Francoise d'Aubigne, Marquise de Maintenon
2.
There is an important difference between love and friendship. While the former delights in extremes and opposites, the latter demands equality.
Francoise d'Aubigne, Marquise de Maintenon
3.
three-fourths of all marriages are unhappy.
Francoise d'Aubigne, Marquise de Maintenon
4.
It is with many enterprises as with striking fire; we do not meet with success except by reiterated efforts, and often at the instant when we despaired of success.
Francoise d'Aubigne, Marquise de Maintenon
5.
Contempt is the only way to triumph over calumny.
Francoise d'Aubigne, Marquise de Maintenon
6.
Pleasure and pain, the good and the bad, are so intermixed that we can not shun the one without depriving ourselves of the other.
Francoise d'Aubigne, Marquise de Maintenon
7.
Delicacy is to love what grace is to beauty.
Francoise d'Aubigne, Marquise de Maintenon
8.
Sin is not so sinful as hypocrisy.
Francoise d'Aubigne, Marquise de Maintenon
9.
Who would venture upon the journey of life, if compelled to begin it at the end?
Francoise d'Aubigne, Marquise de Maintenon
10.
Philosophy may raise us above grandeur, but nothing can elevate us above the ennui which accompanies it.
Francoise d'Aubigne, Marquise de Maintenon
11.
Woman softens her own troubles by generously solacing those of others.
Francoise d'Aubigne, Marquise de Maintenon
12.
Hope says to us constantly, "Go on, go on..."
Francoise d'Aubigne, Marquise de Maintenon