Anne-Therese de Marguenat de Courcelles

The first rule for speaking well is to think well.

— Anne-Therese de Marguenat de Courcelles

One of the duties of old-age, is the management of time. The less that remains to us, the more valuable we ought…

— Anne-Therese de Marguenat de Courcelles

Politeness costs little and yields much.

— Anne-Therese de Marguenat de Courcelles

Would you be esteemed? Live with persons that are estimable.

— Anne-Therese de Marguenat de Courcelles

We live with our defects as with the odors we carry about us: we do not perceive them, but they incommode those…

— Anne-Therese de Marguenat de Courcelles

We like to know the weakness of eminent persons; it consoles us for our inferiority.

— Anne-Therese de Marguenat de Courcelles

The love of esteem is the life and soul of society; it unites us to one another: I want your approbation, you…

— Anne-Therese de Marguenat de Courcelles

The most necessary disposition to relish pleasures is to know how to be without them.

— Anne-Therese de Marguenat de Courcelles

We can easily forgive want of means; but littleness, with means, is disgusting.

— Anne-Therese de Marguenat de Courcelles

Perfect friendship puts us under the necessity of being virtuous. As it can only be preserved among estimable persons, it forces us…

— Anne-Therese de Marguenat de Courcelles

Simplicity is oftenest an adroit pretence.

— Anne-Therese de Marguenat de Courcelles

Temperance adds zest to pleasure.

— Anne-Therese de Marguenat de Courcelles