We learn our virtues from our friends who love us; our faults from the enemy who hates us. We cannot easily discover our real character from a friend. He is a mirror, on which the warmth of our breath impedes the clearness of the reflection.
Jean Paul

I have made as much out of myself as could be made of the stuff, and no man should require more.
Jean Paul

Be great in act, as you have been in thought.
Jean Paul

Age does not matter if the matter does not age.
Jean Paul

Music is moonlight in the gloomy night of life.
Jean Paul

The more sand that has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it.
Jean Paul

Live your life and forget your age.
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