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| James Wood, comp. Dictionary of Quotations. 1899. |
| Madame de Maintenon |
| Contempt is the only way to triumph over calumny. | 1 |
| In manners tranquillity is the supreme power. | 2 |
| The true way of softening one’s troubles is to solace those of others. | 3 |
| You know that in everything women write there are always a thousand faults of grammar, but, with your permission, a harmony which is rare in the writings of men. | 4 |
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