Quotes by Salonnières

Old age is that night of life as night is the old age of day. Still night is full of magnificence and for many it is more brilliant than the day.

Anne-Sophie Swetchine

Our vanity is the constant enemy of our dignity.

Anne-Sophie Swetchine

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

Anne-Sophie Swetchine

Providence has hidden a charm in difficult undertakings which is appreciated only by those who dare to grapple with them.

Anne-Sophie Swetchine

A physician can sometimes bury the scythe of death but he has no power over the sand in the hourglass.

Hester Lynch Thrale

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

Anne-Sophie Swetchine

To love deeply in one direction makes us more loving in all others.

Anne-Sophie Swetchine

The heart has always the pardoning power.

Anne-Sophie Swetchine