Travel is the frivolous part of serious lives, and the serious part of frivolous ones.

In the following year Sophie Swetchine settled in Paris with her spouse where until her death Sophie Swetchine maintained a famous salon. Anne Sophie Swetchine (née Sofia Petrovna Soymonova; November 22 1782 – 1857) known as Madame Swetchine was a Russian mystic born in Moscow and famous for her salon in Paris. She spent her early years at the court of Empress Catherine the Great as her father was one of the empress's closest advisors.

Anne Sophie Swetchine (née Sofia Petrovna Soymonova; November 22 1782 – 1857) known as Madame Swetchine was a Russian mystic born in Moscow and famous for her salon in Paris.