Freund, die Tage werden gewogen, nicht gezählt.

Patricio Puentes posted a photo:

Scan of a German book I sold on ebay years ago. I thought the artwork on the cover was so enchanting. I just found this while digging through some old files on my computer I forgot that I had. Rhis book was a historical romance published in 1826. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Hauff