What makes old age so sad is not that our joys but our hopes cease. Jean Paul on age
As winter strips the leaves from around us, so that we may see the distant regions they formerly concealed, so old age takes away our enjoyments only to enlarge the prospect of the coming eternity. Jean Paul on age
Age does not matter if the matter does not age. Jean Paul on age
Live your life and forget your age. Jean Paul on age
Beauty attracts us men but if, like an armed magnet it is pointed, beside, with gold and silver, it attracts with tenfold power. Jean Paul on beauty
Whenever, at a party, I have been in the mood to study fools, I have always looked for a great beauty: they always gather round her like flies around a fruit stall. Jean Paul on beauty
Our birthdays are feathers in the broad wing of time. Jean Paul on birthday
Strong characters are brought out by change of situation, and gentle ones by permanence. Jean Paul on change
Courage consists not in blindly overlooking danger, but in seeing it, and conquering it. Jean Paul on courage
The darkness of death is like the evening twilight it makes all objects appear more lovely to the dying. Jean Paul on death
Death gives us sleep, eternal youth, and immortality. Jean Paul on death
Humanity is never so beautiful as when praying for forgiveness, or else forgiving another. Jean Paul on forgiveness
God is an unutterable sigh, planted in the depths of the soul. Jean Paul on god
For sleep, riches and health to be truly enjoyed, they must be interrupted. Jean Paul on health
The words that a father speaks to his children in the privacy of home are not heard by the world, but, as in whispering galleries, they are clearly heard at the end, and by posterity. Jean Paul on home
Joy descends gently upon us like the evening dew, and does not patter down like a hailstorm. Jean Paul on inspirational
Every man regards his own life as the New Year's Eve of time. Jean Paul on life
The more sand that has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it. Jean Paul on life
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 look straighter as we approach the end. Jean Paul on morning
Music is moonlight in the gloomy night of life. Jean Paul on music