73 Quotes by Jean Antoine Petit-Senn

There are some errors so sweet that we repent them only to bring them to memory.

In all that surrounds him the egotist sees only the frame of his own portrait.

The politics of courtiers resemble their shadows; they cringe and turn with the sun of the day.

In giving alms, let us rather look at the needs of the poor than his claim to your charity.

Nothing for preserving the body like having no heart.

Let us respect gray Lairs, but, above all, our own.

The happiness of the tender heart is increased by what it can take away from the wretchedness of others.

When our friends are alive, we see the good qualities they lack; dead, we remember only those they possessed.

Of all trifles, titles are the lightest.