Constant attention by a good nurse may be just as important as a major operation by a surgeon.
Never measure the height of a mountain until you have reached the top. Then you will see how low it was.
Time goes by, reputation increases, ability declines.
Never look down to test the ground before taking your next step; only he who keeps his eye fixed on the far horizon will find the right road.
Friendship needs no words - it is solitude delivered from the anguish of loneliness.