“[I]f the name of wife appears more sacred and more valid, sweeter to me is ever the word friend, or, if thou… — Héloïse 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]f the name of wife appears more sacred and more valid, sweeter to me is ever the word friend, or, if thou be not ashamed, concubine ... And thou thyself wert not wholly unmindful of that ... [as in the narrative of thy misfortunes ] thou hast not disdained to set forth sundry reasons by which I tried to dissuade thee from our marriage, from an ill-starred bed; but wert silent as to many, in which I preferred love to wedlock, freedom to a bond. I call God to witness, if Augustus, ruling over the whole world, were to deem me worthy of the honour of marriage, and to confirm the whole world to me, to be ruled by me forever, dearer to me and of greater dignity would it seem to be called thy concubine than his empress.” quote by Héloïse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/651/heloise-27050_bonds_i-f-the-name-of-wife-appears-more-sacred_2298825.jpg)
![“[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 concupiscence leads into marriage deserves payment rather than affection.” 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)
