I abhorred to gain at the expense of others I thought I should win it, and so I lost it I have seldom been at a loss for something to laugh at I myself being the first to make merry at it (my plainness) I should praise you more had you praised me less I never take medicine but on urgent occasions I wished the husband not to be informed of it If Bonaparte is fond of flattery--pays for it like a real Emperor If ever I establish a republic of women.... If I should die, shall I not have lived long enough? Ignorance and superstition the first of virtues Imagining themselves everywhere in marvellous danger of capture In order to say something cutting to you, says it to himself In England a man is the absolute proprietor of his wife In the great world, a vague promise is the same as a refusal In Rome justice and religion always rank second to politics In ill-assorted unions, good sense or good nature must intervene Indifference of the French people to all religion Indifference about futurity Indiscreet and tyrannical charity Indulge in the pleasure of vice and assume the credit of virtue Infinite astonishment at his sharing the common destiny Interests of all interested painted on their faces Intimacy, once broken, cannot be renewed Invention of new tortures and improved racks Irresolution and weakness in a commander operate the same It is easier to offend me than to deceive me It is an unfortunate thing for a man not to know himself It was not permitted to argue with him It is an ill wind that blows no one any good It is the usual frailty of our sex to be fond of flattery It is a sign that I have touched the sore poin Its pretensions rose in proportion to the condescensions Jealous of his wife as a lover of his mistress Jealous without motive, and almost without love Jesuits: all means were good that furthered his designs Jewels and decoration attract attention (to the ugly) Judge of men by the company they keep Juggle, which put the wealth of Peter into the pockets of Paul Justice is invoked in vain when the criminal is powerful King was being wheeled in his easy chair in the gardens King (gave) the fatal order to the Swiss to cease firing Kings only desire to be obeyed when they command Knew how to point the Bastille cannon at the troops of the King La Fayette to rescue the royal family and convey them to Rouen Labour as much as possible in the dark Laughed at qualities she could not comprehend Laws will only be as so many black lines on white paper Leave me in peace; be assured that I can put no heir in danger Les culottes--what do you call them?' 'Small clothes,' Less easily forget the injuries we inflict than those received Like will to like Listeners never hear any good of themselves Louis Philippe, the usurper of the inheritance of her family Louis XIV. scarcely knew how to read and write Love of life increase in proportion as its real value diminishes Love-affair between Mademoiselle de la Valliere and the King