(25 quotes found)
“We deceive ourselves when we fancy that only weakness needs support. Strength needs it far more.”
Anne Sophie Swetchine
“The ideal friendship is to feel as one while remaining two.”
“In this world of change, nothing which comes stays, and nothing which goes is lost.”
“Travel is the frivolous part of serious lives, and the serious part of frivolous ones.”
“Resignation is putting God between ourselves and our troubles”
“There are two ways of attaining an important end, force and perseverance; the silent power of the latter grows irresistible with time.”
“We are rich only through what we give, and poor only through what we refuse.”
“In order to have an enemy, one must be somebody. One must be a force before he can be resisted by another force. A malicious enemy is better than a clumsy friend.”
“Strength alone knows conflict, weakness is born vanquished.”
“The mind wears the colors of the soul, as a valet those of his master.”