Gray hairs seem to my fancy like the soft light of the moon, silvering over the evening of life. Votes: 19
Joy descends gently upon us like the evening dew, and does not patter down like a hailstorm. Votes: 11
Live your life and forget your age. Votes: 7
Sorrows are like thunderclouds, in the distance they look black, over our heads scarcely gray. Votes: 0
A sky full of silent suns. Votes: 0
The more sand that has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it. Votes: 0
Do not wait for extraordinary circumstances to do good action; try to use ordinary situations. Votes: 0
What a father says to his children is not heard by the world, but it will be heard by posterity. Votes: 0
A scholar knows no boredom. Votes: 0
If self-knowledge is the road to virtue, so is virtue still more the road to self-knowledge. Votes: 0
Despair is the only genuine atheism. Votes: 0
The look of a king is itself a deed. Votes: 0
Nations and men are only the best when they are the gladdest, and deserve heaven when they enjoy it. Votes: 0
Poverty is the only load which is the heavier the more loved ones there are to assist in bearing it. Votes: 0