Clergyman's

The time of Christians is the price with which they purchase eternity. .
- "Anne-Thérèse de Marguenat de Courcelles, marquise de Lambert"

The time of Christians is the price with which they purchase eternity. .
- "Anne-Thérèse de Marguenat de Courcelles, marquise de Lambert"

Shame is a secret pride; and pride is an error with regard to one's own worth, and an injustice with regard to what one has a mind to appear to others. .
- "Anne-Thérèse de Marguenat de Courcelles, marquise de Lambert"

Birth bestows less of honour than it demands; and to boast of ancestry is but to praise the merit of others. .
- "Anne-Thérèse de Marguenat de Courcelles, marquise de Lambert"

Birth bestows less of honour than it demands; and to boast of ancestry is but to praise the merit of others. .
- "Anne-Thérèse de Marguenat de Courcelles, marquise de Lambert"

A Persian ambassador asked the wife of Leonidas, why they paid such honors to the women at Lacedemon? ""It is,"" replied she, ""because they have entirely the forming of the men."" .
- "Anne-Thérèse de Marguenat de Courcelles, marquise de Lambert"

A Persian ambassador asked the wife of Leonidas, why they paid such honors to the women at Lacedemon? ""It is,"" replied she, ""because they have entirely the forming of the men."" .
- "Anne-Thérèse de Marguenat de Courcelles, marquise de Lambert"

A Persian ambassador asked the wife of Leonidas, why they paid such honors to the women at Lacedemon? ""It is,"" replied she, ""because they have entirely the forming of the men."" .
- "Anne-Thérèse de Marguenat de Courcelles, marquise de Lambert"

It is not always our faults that ruin us, but the manner of our conduct after we have committed them. .
- "Anne-Thérèse de Marguenat de Courcelles, marquise de Lambert"

With great employments and vulgar maxims, one is always restless and uneasy : it is not places, but reason, that removes anxiety from the mind. .
- "Anne-Thérèse de Marguenat de Courcelles, marquise de Lambert"