Courage consists not in blindly overlooking danger, but in seeing it, and conquering it. – Jean Paul
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
The more sand that has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it. – Jean Paul
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