Quotes by Anne Swetchine

• There are words which are worth as much as the best actions, for they contain the germ of them all.
• The best advice on the art of being happy is about as easy to follow as advice to be well when one is sick.
• 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.
• In this world of change, nothing which comes stays, and nothing which goes is lost.
• One must be a somebody before they can have a enemy. One must be a force before he can be resisted by another force.
• Our vanity is the constant enemy of our dignity.
• Repentance is accepted remorse.
• We expect everything and are prepared for nothing.
• Strength alone knows conflict, weakness is born vanquished.
• The chains which cramp us most are those which weigh on us least.
• Youth should be a savings bank.
• The mind wears the colors of the soul, as a valet those of his master.
• The ideal friendship is to feel as one while remaining two.
• There are two ways of attaining an important end, force and perseverance; the silent power of the latter grows irresistible with time.
• Travel is the frivolous part of serious lives, and the serious part of frivolous ones.
• We reform others unconsciously when we walk uprightly.