| James Wood, comp. Dictionary of Quotations. 1899. | | | | Madame Necker |
| | | Eminent positions are like the summits of rocks; only eagles and reptiles can get there. | 1 |
| Fiction is a potent agent for good in the hands of the good. | 2 |
| Gallantry thrives most in a court atmosphere. | 3 |
| How enormous appear the crimes we have not committed! | 4 |
| It were no virtue to bear calamities if we did not feel them. | 5 |
| Obstinacy is ever most positive when it is most in the wrong. | 6 |
| Romance is the poetry of literature. | 7 |
| We smile at the satire expended upon the follies of others, but we forget to weep at our own. | 8 |
| Woman’s tongue is her sword, which she never lets rust. | 9 |
| Worship your heroes from afar; contact withers them. | 10 | | |
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