The darkness of death is like the evening twilight it makes all objects appear more lovely to the dying. – 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
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
The more sand that has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it. – Jean Paul