Gray hairs seem to my fancy like the soft light of the moon, silvering over the evening of life.
Jean Paul
The more sand has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it.
Jean Paul
The conscience of children is formed by the influences that surround them; their notions of good and evil are the result of the moral atmosphere they breathe.
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
Other exercises develop single powers and muscles, but dancing embellishes, exercises, and equalizes all the muscles at once.
Jean Paul
Joy descends gently upon us like the evening dew, and does not patter down like a hailstorm.
Jean Paul
The darkness of death is like the evening twilight; it makes all objects appear more lovely to the dying.
Jean Paul