“Gloom and sadness are poison to us, and the origin of hysterics. You are right in thinking that this disease is in the imagination; you have defined it perfectly; it is vexation which causes it to spring up, and fear that supports it.” ThinkingCausesImaginationSupportSadnessDiseaseSpringDefinedPoisonGloomVexation 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
“If you are not feeling well, if you have not slept, chocolate will revive you. But you have no chocolate! I think of that again and again! My dear, how will you ever manage?” IfsThinkingWellsFeelingsDearManageChocolateAgain And AgainDessertReviveSweets And DessertsNot Feeling Well Author:Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sevigne