Margaret Of Valois Quotes

The woman who does not choose to love should cut the matter short at once, by holding out no hopes to her suitor.

There are women so hard to please that it would seem as if nothing less than an angel would suit them; and hence it comes that they often encounter devils.

Delicacy is the genuine tint of virtue.

Women suffer more from disappointment than men, because they have more of faith and are naturally more credulous.

Science conducts us, step by step, through the whole range of creation, until we arrive, at length, at God.

No one perfectly loves God who does not perfectly love some of his creatures.

We shall all be perfectly virtuous when there is no longer any flesh on our bones.

It is the same in love as in war; a fortress that parleys is half taken.

There is in us more of the appearance of sense and virtue than of the reality.

Blushes cannot be counterfeited.

Prudence advises us to use our enemies as if one day they might be friends.

Temptations, like misfortunes, are sent to test our moral strength.

Have a care lest the wrinkles in the face extend to the heart.

Joy takes away from us the thoughts of our actions; sorrow it is that awakens the soul.

I should rejoice if my pleasures were as pleasing to God as they are to myself.

It is only the educated who can produce or appreciate high art.

The cup of joy is heaviest when empty.

Bashfulness is not becoming to maidenhood, though modesty always is.

envy and hatred fascinate the eyes and never make them see things as they are.

We are always more disposed to laugh at nonsense than at genuine wit; because the nonsense is more agreeable to us, being more comfortable to our natures.

Excitement is the drunkenness of the spirits. Only calm waters reflect heaven in their bosom.

Gold adulterates one thing only,--the human heart.

Mistrust is the sure forerunner of hatred.

Adversity is solitary, while prosperity dwells in a crowd

A woman of honor should never suspect another of things she would not do herself.

There are few husbands whom the wife cannot win in the long run, by patience and love.

Servitude is inherent; we are all slaves to duty or to force.

Extreme concupiscence may be found under extreme austerity.

distrust ... is the beginning of hatred.

God has put into the heart of man love and the boldness to sue, and into the heart of woman fear and the courage to refuse.

There is no greater fool than the man who thinks himself wise; no one is wiser than he who suspects he is a fool.