8 Quotes by Madame de La Fayette

If you judge from appearances here,' replied Madame de Chartres, 'you will be often mistaken; what appears is seldom the truth.

Most mothers think that to keep young people away from love-making it is enough never to speak of it in their presence.

You love writing; I hate it; and if I had a lover who expected a note from me every morning, I should certainly break with him. Let me beg you then not to measure my friendship by my writing...

I have left all my business and all my husbands; I have taken with me only fair weather and my children, which is as much as I want.

One is very weak when one is in love.

If one thinks that one is happy, that is enough to be happy.

We pardon infidelities, but we do not forget them.

If I had a lover who wanted to hear from me every day, I would break with him.