Anne Sophie Swetchine

“Most of our faults are more pardonable than the means we use to conceal them.”

“To have what we want is riches, but to be able to do without is power.”

“Those who have suffered much are like those who know many languages; they have learned to understand and be understood by all.”

“We must not only give what we have; we must also give what we are.”

“It is with nations as with individuals, those who know the least of others think the most of themselves.”

“What a father says to his children is not heard by the world, but it will be heard by posterity.”

“A word of kindness is seldom spoken in vain. It is a seed which, even when dropped by chance, springs up a flower.”

“Simplicity is a jewel rarely found.”

“We are never so ridiculous by the qualities we have as by those we affect to have.”

“To have what we want is riches, but to be able to do without is power.”

“What a father says to his children is not heard by the world, but it will be heard by posterity.”

“True love is that which ennobles the personality, fortifies the heart, and sanctifies the existence.”

“Men of genius are often dull and inert in society; as the blazing meteor, when it descends to earth, is only a stone.”

“Age does not depend upon years, but upon temperament and health. Some men are born old, and some never grow so.”

“We are rich only through what we give, and poor only through what we refuse.”

“Nothing is more sad than the death of an illusion.”

“We often live under the same roof, but in different climates.”

“Life has its share of thorns, and I know no other remedy than to pass quickly through them. The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.”

“Sorrow is a kind of rust of the soul, which every new idea contributes in its passage to scour away.”

“We deceive ourselves when we fancy that only weakness needs support. Strength needs it far more.”