Sorrows are like thunderclouds, in the distance they look black, over our heads scarcely gray. – Jean Paul
Courage consists not in blindly overlooking danger, but in seeing it, and conquering it. – Jean Paul

Sorrows are like thunderclouds, in the distance they look black, over our heads scarcely gray. – Jean Paul
Courage consists not in blindly overlooking danger, but in seeing it, and conquering 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
What makes old age so sad is not that our joys but our hopes cease. – Jean Paul