“Nothing is more certain of destroying any good feeling that may be cherished towards us than to show distrust. To be suspected as an enemy is often enough to make a man become so; the whole matter is over, there is no farther use of guarding against it. On the contrary, confidence leads us naturally to act kindly, we are affected by the good opinion which others entertain of us, and we are not easily induced to lose it.” MenMayMatterEnoughWholeUseShowsFeelingsCertainLosesOpinionEnemyContraryAffectedDestroyingDistrustGood FeelingGuarding Author:Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sevigne
“. . . it seldom happens, I think, that a man has the civility to die when all the world wishes it.” ThinkingMenWorldHappensDiesWishCivility Author:Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sevigne
“I fear nothing so much as a man who is witty all day long.” MenLongFearWomenWittyMemorableFear NotFear Nothing Author:Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sevigne