Our second mother, habit, is also a good mother.
We hear the rain fall, but not the snow. Bitter grief is loud, calm grief is silent.
He who, to be happy, needs nothing but himself, is happy.
I have been young and am now old, and have not yet known an untruthful man to come to a good end.
Weak men are easily put out of humor. Oil freezes quicker than water.
Years teach us more than books.