Quotes from Margaret of Valois

God has put into the heart of man love and the boldness to sue, and into the heart of woman fear and the courage to refuse.

There are few husbands whom the wife cannot win in the long run, by patience and love.

I should rejoice if my pleasures were as pleasing to God as they are to myself.

Science conducts us, step by step, through the whole range of creation, until we arrive, at length, at God.

Temptations, like misfortunes, are sent to test our moral strength.

Adversity is solitary, while prosperity dwells in a crowd

No one perfectly loves God who does not perfectly love some of his creatures.

There is no greater fool than the man who thinks himself wise; no one is wiser than he who suspects he is a fool.

Women suffer more from disappointment than men, because they have more of faith and are naturally more credulous.

There are women so hard to please that it would seem as if nothing less than an angel would suit them; and hence it comes that they often encounter devils.

Have a care lest the wrinkles in the face extend to the heart.

The more hidden the venom, the more dangerous it is.

In love, as in war, a fortress that parleys is half taken.