The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1883-07-27
WHOLE NO. 1873
Short Sayings of Famous Women.

Sophie Arnold called marriage "the sacra-
ment of adultery"
at is only the first step that COSTS" wrote
| Madame du Defand.
"Love," observed Ninon de lEnclos,
''never dies of starvation, but often of indi-
gestion.'
81 love men," said Queen Christine of
| Sweden, "not because they are men, but be-
cause they are not women"
The wife of Phocion. when asked where
her jewels were, replied: My jewels are
my husband and his triumphs.'
Caroline Matilda of Denmark orrn wrote
on a window pane go God, keep ne inro-
cent; make others great"
at is the toilet of death, but it leads to
Immortality" exclaimed Charlotte Corday
as she dressed for the guillOtine.
1t was Madame de la Fayette who said, IF
| had lover who wanted to hear from me
every day, I would break with him"
Madame d'Argenson, beng asked which of
two brothers she preferred, replied When
| am with one, prefer the other"
Madame de Bawr, French writer of ro-
mances, when asked by Ducis why she lived,
replied q" | live from curiosity"
"rhe crime makes the shame, not the
scaiIold," wrote Charlotte Corday, in a letter
to her father after the murder of Marat.
Madame de Stael replied to the chamber
lain who told her that she could not see the
First Consul, who was then taking a bath:
Genius has no SEX
Glove Matches" observed Lady blessing
ton, "are made by people who are content,
for month of honey, to condemn themselves
to life of vinegar"
Said Madame de Stael to some Americans,
after the War of Independence "You are
the advance guard of the human race; you
have the fortune of the world"
"Vanity," said Madame du DefIand, "ru-
ins more women than love-" Inher opinion,
''women are never stronger than when they
arm themselves with their weakness"
"That gentleman, sir, was my husband
he is dead" replied Madame de Geoffrin,
when asked who quiet old gentleman was,
who had not been present in her salon for
month
The young and beautiful Madame de
Houietot, being asked of what SIC was
dreaming, when found, during her last i'll
ness, in pensve mood, replied - am re-
gretting myself"
Said Catherine of Aragon, " | would rather
be poor beggar's wife and be sure of heaven |
than queen of all the world and stand in |
doubt thereof by reason of my own con-
sent"
When Suwarrow informed Catherine II. of |
the capture Of Prague in 1904, by writing,
" Hurrah Prague! Suwarrow :" the EN-
press promoted him in equally concise terms: |
" Bravo! Field Marshal! Catherine!"
Of Madame de la Suze, who became !
Catholic because her husband, from whom
she was separated, was Huguenot, Queen
Christina OF Sweden remarked: "She has
separate herself from her husband that she
may see him neither in this world nor in the
next"
1t is related of the Duchess of Burgundy,
that she asked Louis XIV. and Madame de
Maintenon, why in England queens governed
better than kings, and answered the question
herself: because under kings it is the
women who govern, and men under queens"
Louis XIV, on his death. bed, expressed
the hope TO Madame de Maintenon that they
should soon meet again. She made him no
answer, but exclaimed, as if unconsciously,
when she left the apartment: ga pretty rem
devious he has given me. The man has
never loved any one but himself"
1t is related of Monsieur de Lalande, the
celebrated astronomer, that, finding himself
seated at dinner at Madame Recamier's, be-
tween her and Madame de Stael, lie unfor-
remarked, elbow happy | am to find
myself between wit and beauty" to which
Madame de Stael Immediately rejoined:
"And without possessing either !"