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
The more sand that has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it. – Jean Paul
Economic medicine that was previously meted out by the cupful has recently been dispensed by the barrel. These once unthinkable dosages will almost certainly bring on unwelcome after-effects. Their precise nature is anyones guess, though one likely consequence is an onslaught of inflation. – Warren Buffett