4 Quotes by Héloïse

[I]t is not by being richer or more powerful that a man becomes better; one is a matter of fortune, the other of virtue. Nor should she deem herself other than venal who weds a rich man rather than a poor, and desires more things in her husband than himself. Assuredly, whomsoever this concupiscence leads into marriage deserves payment rather than affection.

Would that thy love, beloved, had less trust in me, that it might be more anxious!

It is always some consolation in sorrow to feel that it is shared, and any burden laid on several is carried more lightly or removed.

Pleasures tasted sparingly and with difficulty have always a higher relish, whilst everything that is easy and common grows stale and insipid.