As we advance in life the circle of our pains enlarges, while that of our pleasures contracts.

- Sophie Swetchine

There is nothing at all in life, except what we put there.

- Sophie Swetchine

If grief is to be mitigated, it must either wear itself out or be shared.

- Sophie Swetchine

To have ideas is to gather flowers; to think is to weave them into garlands.

- Sophie Swetchine

We are always looking into the future, but we see only the past.

- Sophie Swetchine

We are rich only through what we give.

- Sophie Swetchine

We reform others unconsciously when we walk uprightly.

- Sophie Swetchine

There is, by God's grace, an immeasurable distance between late and too late.

- Sophie Swetchine

In youth we feel richer for every new illusion; in maturer years, for every one we lose.

- Sophie Swetchine