As we advance in life the circle of our pains enlarges, while that of our pleasures contracts.

More from Anne Swetchine

• We are rich only through what we give, and poor only through what we refuse.
• A baby is God's opinion that life should go on.
• Accept loss forever
• A change in the weather is sufficient to recreate the world and ourselves.
• A chief event of life is the day in which we have encountered a mind that startled us.
• A chief event of life is the day in which we have encountered a mind that startled us. Essays, "Character," 1844