James Wood, comp. Dictionary of Quotations. 1899.
Madame de Maintenon
Contempt is the only way to triumph over calumny.
In manners tranquillity is the supreme power.
The true way of softening one’s troubles is to solace those of others.
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.