Oh! if people were but acquainted with piety, they would not fear it so much, or give it so unattractive a character; 'tis the balm of life, and perhaps in the world it is believed to consist of bitterness, harshness,… — Eugenie de Guerin Copy Share Image
My God, how badly one calculates in this world! ... Let us leave off calculating on anything but death -- it is the only certainty. — Eugenie de Guerin Copy Share Image
One has so much time for thought in the country! However occupied one may be, 'tis with nothing that engrosses the mind, which works… — Eugenie de Guerin Copy Share Image
We all owe each other concessions of taste and opinion for the sake of family peace and affection. — Eugenie de Guerin Copy Share Image
Certainly, friends are sufficiently rare not to be neglected; they are life's best comforters. — Eugenie de Guerin Copy Share Image
How long time is when one is sad! Is it three years or three days since you went away? — Eugenie de Guerin Copy Share Image
Kings may see their palaces fall, but the ants will always have their dwellings. — Eugenie de Guerin Copy Share Image
The effect of every burden laid down is to leave us relieved; and when the soul has laid down that of its faults at… — Eugenie de Guerin Copy Share Image
A little time separates us from those who depart - a time of tears, a time of sadness and solitude; but, that over, we… — Eugenie de Guerin Copy Share Image
Oh! if people were but acquainted with piety, they would not fear it so much, or give it so unattractive a character; 'tis the… — Eugenie de Guerin Copy Share Image
