“ The more sand that has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it. Jean Paul
“ Gray hairs seem to my fancy like the soft light of the moon, silvering over the evening of life. Jean Paul
“ Sorrows are like thunderclouds, in the distance they look black, over our heads scarcely gray. Jean Paul
“ Sorrows gather around great souls as storms do around mountains but, like them, they break the storm and purify the air of the plain beneath them. Jean Paul
“ A timid person is frightened before a danger, a coward during the time, and a courageous person afterward. Jean Paul
“ Joy descends gently upon us like the evening dew, and does not patter down like a hailstorm. Jean Paul
“ Like a morning dream, life becomes more and more bright the longer we live, and the reason of everything appears more clear. What has puzzled us before seems less mysterious, and the crooked paths loo… Jean Paul
