All the joys of earth will not assuage our thirst for happiness; while a single grief suffices to shroud life in a sombre veil, and smite it with nothingness at all points.
Sophie SwetchineThose who have suffered much are like those who know many languages; they have learned to understand and be understood by all.
Sophie SwetchineIndifferent souls never part. Impassioned souls part, and return to one another, because they can do no better.
Sophie SwetchineA good, finished scandal, fully armed and equipped, such as circulates in the world, is rarely the production of a single individual, or even of a single coterie. It sees the light in one; is rocked and nurtured in another; is petted, developed, and attains its growth in a third; and receives its finishing touches only after passing through a multitude of hands. It is a child that can count a host of fathers--all ready to disown it.
Sophie Swetchine