For sleep, riches and health to be truly enjoyed, they must be interrupted. – 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
Humanity is never so beautiful as when praying for forgiveness, or else forgiving another. – Jean Paul
The more sand that has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it. – Jean Paul
We all know that the theater and every play that comes to Broadway have within themselves, like the human being, the seed of self-destruction and the certainty of death. The thing is to see how long the theater, the play, and the human being can last in spite of themselves. – James Thurber