Letters were first invented for consoling such solitary wretches as myself. Having lost the substantial pleasures of seeing and possessing you, I shall in some measure compensate this loss by the satisfaction I shall find in your writing. — Heloise Copy Share Image
The name of mistress instead of wife would be dearer and more honourable for me, only love given freely, rather than the constriction of… — Heloise Copy Share Image
Frozen peas can be shelled very fast with a wringer-type washer. Put a pan on one side of the wringer to catch the peas… — Heloise Copy Share Image
Would that thy love, beloved, had less trust in me, that it might be more anxious! — Heloise Copy Share Image
I am convinced by a sad experience that it is natural to avoid those to whom we have been too much obliged, and that… — Heloise Copy Share Image
“[I]t is not by being richer or more powerful that a man becomes better; one is a matter of fortune, the other of virtue.… — Héloïse Copy Share Image
What cannot letters inspire? They have souls; they can speak; they have in them all that force which expresses the transports of the heart.... — Heloise Copy Share Image
We fluctuate long between love and hatred before we can arrive at tranquillity. — Heloise Copy Share Image
Riches and power are but gifts of blind fate, whereas goodness is the result of one's own merits. — Heloise Copy Share Image
![“[I]t is not by being richer or more powerful that a man becomes better; one is a matter of fortune, the other of virtue. Nor should she deem herself other than venal who weds a rich man rather than a poor, and desires more things in her husband than himself. Assuredly, whomsoever this…” quote by Héloïse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/43c/heloise-27050_affection_i-t-is-not-by-being-richer-or-more-power_726871.jpg)
