The pleasures of the world are deceitful; they promise more than they — Anne-Therese de Marguenat de Courcelles
Would you be esteemed? live with persons that are estimable. — 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 most necessary disposition to relish pleasures is to know how to be without them. — Anne-Therese de Marguenat de Courcelles
One of the duties of old-age, is the management of time. The — Anne-Therese de Marguenat de Courcelles
Perfect friendship puts us under the necessity of being virtuous. As it — 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
