73 Quotes by Jean Antoine Petit-Senn

Conscience serves us especially to judge of the actions of others.

The wisest man may always learn something from the humblest peasant.

Another life, if it were not better than this, would be less a promise than a threat.

It is only before those who are glad to hear it, and anxious to spread it, that we find it easy to speak ill of others.

Doubt springs from the mind; faith is the daughter of the soul.

The true worth of a soul is revealed as much by the motive it attributes to the actions of others as by its own deeds.

Public opinion is a courtesan, whom we seek to please without respecting.

Loud indignation against vice often stands for virtue in the eyes of bigots.

Perfect servants would be the worst of all for certain masters, whose happiness consists in finding fault with them.