Years, following years, steal something every day; At last they steal us from ourselves away.
It is hard! But what can not be removed, becomes lighter through patience.
No one is born without vices, and he is the best man who is encumbered with the least.
There is a middle ground in things.
Wisdom is not wisdom when it is derived from books alone.
If you wish me to weep, you yourself must first feel grief.