The darkness of death is like the evening twilight; it makes all objects appear more lovely to the dying. — Johann Paul Friedrich Richter
Woman and men of retiring timidity are cowardly only in dangers which affect themselves — Johann Paul Friedrich Richter
Whenever, at a party, I have been in the mood to study fools, I have always looked for a great beauty — Johann Paul Friedrich Richter
We learn our virtues from our friends who love us; our faults from the enemy who hates us. — Johann Paul Friedrich Richter
Variety of mere nothings gives more pleasure than uniformity of something. — Johann Paul Friedrich Richter
Two aged men, that had been foes for life, met by a grave, and wept – and in those tears — Johann Paul Friedrich Richter
There are souls which fall from heaven like flowers, but ere they bloom are crushed under the foul tread of some brutal hoof. — Johann Paul Friedrich Richter
There are souls in this world which have the gift of finding joy everywhere and of leaving it behind them when they go. — Johann Paul Friedrich Richter
The words that a father speaks to his children in the privacy of home are not heard by the world — Johann Paul Friedrich Richter
The more sand that has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it. — Johann Paul Friedrich Richter
Sorrows gather around great souls as storms do around mountains; but, like them, they break the storm — Johann Paul Friedrich Richter
The conscience of children is formed by the influences that surround them — Johann Paul Friedrich Richter
Strong characters are brought out by change of situation, and gentle ones by permanence. — Johann Paul Friedrich Richter
Sorrows are like thunderclouds, in the distance they look black, over our heads scarcely gray. — Johann Paul Friedrich Richter
Gray hairs seem to my fancy like the soft light of the moon, silvering over the evening of life. — Johann Paul Friedrich Richter
Every man has a rainy corner of his life whence comes foul weather which follows him. — Johann Paul Friedrich Richter
Like a morning dream, life becomes more and more bright the longer we live, and the reason — Johann Paul Friedrich Richter
Joy descends gently upon us like the evening dew, and does not patter down like a hailstorm. — Johann Paul Friedrich Richter
I have made as much out of myself as could be made of the stuff, and no man should require more. — Johann Paul Friedrich Richter
For sleep, riches and health to be truly enjoyed, they must be interrupted. — Johann Paul Friedrich Richter
Every friend is to the other a sun, and a sunflower also. He attracts and follows. — Johann Paul Friedrich Richter
Poverty is the only load which is the heavier the more loved ones there are to assist in bearing it. — Johann Paul Friedrich Richter
Recollection is the only paradise from which we cannot be turned out. — Johann Paul Friedrich Richter
A timid person is frightened before a danger, a coward during the time, and a courageous person afterward. — Johann Paul Friedrich Richter
A man never discloses his own character so clearly as when he describes anothers. — Johann Paul Friedrich Richter
