Anne-Thérèse de Marguenat de Courcelles

"The time of Christians is the price with which they purchase eternity. ."

"To form a complete judgment of any one, we ought to have seen him acting the last part. ."

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

"Birth bestows less of honour than it demands; and to boast of ancestry is but to praise the merit of others. ."

"Take care that your studies influence your manners. ."

"To live in perpetual employment, is to travel rapidly through life. Tranquility lengthens our existence. ."

"The love of esteem is the life and soul of society; it unites us to one another : I want your approbation, you stand in need of mine. By forsaking the converse of men, we forsake the virtues necessary…"

"With great employments and vulgar maxims, one is always restless and uneasy : it is not places, but reason, that removes anxiety from the mind. ."