Jean Paul Richter

Men, like bullets, go farthest when they are smoothest.

What makes old age so sad is not that our joys but our hopes cease.

Do not wait for extrordinary circumstances to do good; try to use ordinary situations.

Every man has a rainy corner of his life whence comes foul weather which follows him.

In later life, as in earlier, only a few persons influence the formation of our character; the multitude pass us by like a distant army.

Recollection is the only paradise from which we cannot be turned out.

Only actions give life strength; only moderation gives it charm.

A timid person is frightened before a danger, a coward during the time, and a courageous person afterwards.