Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.

Everyone believes very easily whatever they fear or desire.

Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure them.

Sadness flies away on the wings of time.

Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go.

A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.

Patience and time do more than strength or passion.

Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance.

Let ignorance talk as it will, learning has its value.

By the work one knows the workman.

Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.

It is impossible to please all the world and one's father.