The weak-minded man is the slave of his vices and the dupe of his virtues. — Jean Antoine Petit-Senn Copy Share Image
Loud indignation against vice often stands for virtue in the eyes of bigots. — Jean Antoine Petit-Senn Copy Share Image
Those virtues which cost us dear prove that we love God; those which are easy to us prove that He loves us. — Jean Antoine Petit-Senn Copy Share Image
Our virtues live upon our incomes; our vices consume our capital. — Jean Antoine Petit-Senn Copy Share Image
What we gain by experience is not worth that we lose in illusion — Jean Antoine Petit-Senn Copy Share Image
In giving alms, let us rather look at the needs of the poor than his claim to your charity. — Jean Antoine Petit-Senn Copy Share Image
The wonderful fortune of some writers deludes and leads to misery a great number of young people. — Jean Antoine Petit-Senn Copy Share Image
The wisest man may always learn something from the humblest peasant. — Jean Antoine Petit-Senn Copy Share Image
It is not what we have but what we enjoy that constitutes our abundance. — Jean Antoine Petit-Senn Copy Share Image
Religion is the hospital of the souls that the world has wounded. — Jean Antoine Petit-Senn Copy Share Image
The weak-minded man is the slave of his vices and the dupe of his virtues. — Jean Antoine Petit-Senn Copy Share Image
Perfect servants would be the worst of all for certain masters, whose happiness consists in finding fault with them. — Jean Antoine Petit-Senn Copy Share Image
The happiness of the tender heart is increased by what it can take away from the wretchedness of others. — Jean Antoine Petit-Senn Copy Share Image
That experience which does not make us better makes us worse. — Jean Antoine Petit-Senn Copy Share Image
To endeavor to move by the same discourse hearers who differ in age, sex, position and education is to attempt to open all locks… — Jean Antoine Petit-Senn Copy Share Image
It is only before those who are glad to hear it, and anxious to spread it, that we find it easy to speak ill… — Jean Antoine Petit-Senn Copy Share Image
