Margaret of Valois

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

— Margaret of Valois

Blushes cannot be counterfeited.

— Margaret of Valois

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

— Margaret of Valois

Extreme concupiscence may be found under extreme austerity.

— Margaret of Valois

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

— Margaret of Valois

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

— Margaret of Valois

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

— Margaret of Valois

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

— Margaret of Valois

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

— Margaret of Valois

In love, as in war, a fortress that parleys is half taken.

— Margaret Of Valois

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

— Margaret of Valois

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

— Margaret of Valois

There are women so hard to please that it would seem as if nothing less than an angel would suit them; and…

— Margaret of Valois

Mistrust is the sure forerunner of hatred.

— Margaret of Valois

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

— Margaret of Valois

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

— Margaret of Valois

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

— Margaret of Valois

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

— Margaret of Valois

distrust ... is the beginning of hatred.

— Margaret of Valois

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

— Margaret of Valois

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

— Margaret of Valois

The cup of joy is heaviest when empty.

— Margaret of Valois

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

— Margaret of Valois

Delicacy is the genuine tint of virtue.

— Margaret of Valois

Adversity is solitary, while prosperity dwells in a crowd

— Margaret of Valois