Every generous illusion of youth leaves a wrinkle as it departs. Experience — Jean Antoine Petit-Senn
Adversity, which makes us indulgent to others, renders them severe towards us. — Jean Antoine Petit-Senn
It is almost impossible to find those who admire us entirely lacking in taste. — Jean Antoine Petit-Senn
We forget the origin of a parvenu if he remembers it; we remember it if he forgets it. — Jean Antoine Petit-Senn
None despise fame more heartily than those who have no possible claim to it. — Jean Antoine Petit-Senn
Another life, if it were not better than this, would be less a promise than a threat. — Jean Antoine Petit-Senn
There are philanthropists who, incapable of managing their own little affairs, take — Jean Antoine Petit-Senn
There are wounds of self-love which one does not confess to one’s dearest friends. — Jean Antoine Petit-Senn
The politics of courtiers resemble their shadows; they cringe and turn with — Jean Antoine Petit-Senn