Quotes by Salonnières

The heart has always the pardoning power.

Providence has hidden a charm in difficult undertakings which is appreciated only by those who dare to grapple with them.

Our vanity is the constant enemy of our dignity.

To love deeply in one direction makes us more loving in all others.

We are rich only through what we give and poor only through what we refuse.

We deceive ourselves when we fancy that only weakness needs support. Strength needs it far more.

Old age is that night of life as night is the old age of day. Still night is full of magnificence and for many it is more brilliant than the day.

A physician can sometimes bury the scythe of death but he has no power over the sand in the hourglass.