Dripping water hollows out stone, not through force but through persistence.

A broken fortune is like a falling column; the lower it sinks, the greater weight it has to sustain.

All things human hang by a slender thread; and that which seemed to stand strong suddenly falls and sinks in ruins.

There is no excellency without difficulty.

Sleep, nature's rest, divine tranquility, That brings peace to the mind.

If you count the sunny and the cloudy days of the whole year, you will find that the sunshine predominates.

The punishment can be remitted; the crime is everlasting.