Men do not go out to meet misfortune as we do. They learn it; and we--we divine it.
Sophie SwetchineLife grows darker as we go on, till only one pure light is left shining on it; and that is faith. Old age, like solitude and sorrow, has its revelations.
Sophie SwetchineIn retirement, the passage of time seems accelerated. Nothing warns us of its flight. It is a wave which never murmurs, because there is no obstacle to its flow.
Sophie SwetchineThe world has no sympathy with any but positive griefs. It will pity you for what you lose; never for what you lack
Sophie Swetchine