Anne Sophie Swetchine

“To be witty is not enough. One must possess sufficient wit to avoid having too much of it.”

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

“A mind without occupation is a mind in distress.”

“It is a great art to be superior to others without letting them know it.”

“Prayer is the key of the morning and the bolt of the evening.”

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

“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.”

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

“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.”

“To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it.”

“Charity is the soul of faith, makes it alive; without love, faith is dead.”