C.N. Douglas, comp. Forty Thousand Quotations: Prose and Poetical. 1917.

Mme. du Deffand

A beautiful verso, an apt remark, or a well-turned phrase, appropriately quoted, is always effective and charming.

Heed the still, small voice that so seldom leads us wrong, and never into folly.

How happy one would be if one could throw off one’s self as one throws off others!

Impromptu thoughts are mental wild-flowers.

Let us strive to improve ourselves, for we cannot remain stationary: one either progresses or retrogrades.

The distance is nothing; it is only the first step that costs.

The heart gnawing on itself.

Women are never stronger than when they arm themselves in their weakness.