The shimmering night does not stay for mortals, not misfortunes, nor wealth, but in a moment it is gone, and to the turn of another comes joy and loss.

Gentle time will heal our sorrows.

Trouble brings trouble upon trouble.

What greater wound is there than a false friend?

A wise doctor does not mutter incantations over a sore that needs the knife.

A short saying often contains much wisdom.

When people fall in deep distress, their native sense departs.