“ It appears to me that in spite of myself I have been dragged to this inevitable point where old age must be undergone. I see it there before me; I have reached it; and I should at least like so to arr… Marie de Rabutin-Chantal de Sévigné
“ If you are not feeling well, if you have not slept, chocolate will revive you. But you have no chocolate! I think of that again and again! My dear, how will you ever manage? Marie de Rabutin-Chantal de Sévigné