Weak men are easily put out of humor. Oil freezes quicker than water.
All men are selfish, but the vain man is in love with himself. He admires, like the lover his adored one, everything which to others is indifferent.
Some men, like modern shops, hang everything in their show windows; when one goes inside, nothing is to be found.
The silver-leaved birch retains in its old age a soft bark; there are some such men.
I have been young and am now old, and have not yet known an untruthful man to come to a good end.
Discontent is the source of all trouble,but also of all progress, in individuals and nations.