Elisabeth Charlotte D'Orleans Quotes

#1. One who no longer wishes to laugh had best marry in France; they will soon find that it is no laughing matter.

Elisabeth Charlotte D'Orleans

#2. Coffee is not as necessary to ministers of the reformed faith as to Catholic priests. The latter are not allowed to marry, and coffee is said to induce chastity.

Elisabeth Charlotte D'Orleans

#3. We are generally punished by where we have sinned.

Elisabeth Charlotte D'Orleans

#4. I fancy that England is not the only place where married folks disagree, and where there are bad husbands. If one does not care to meet with such cases, one must quit this world. Those wishing to enter the marriage state had better not come to me for advice, for I disapprove of it altogether ...

Elisabeth Charlotte D'Orleans

#5. Since piety has become the fashion at Court, dramatic authors imagine that their pieces would be more welcome if they added in a little devotion. At first their plan succeeded, but now no one can bear their comedies.

Elisabeth Charlotte D'Orleans

#6. It may be said of happy marriages as of the phoenix - there is but one a century ...

Elisabeth Charlotte D'Orleans