146 Quotes by Jean Paul

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

Poverty is the only load which is the heavier the more loved ones there are to assist in bearing it.

Woman and men of retiring timidity are cowardly only in dangers which affect themselves, but the first to rescue when others are in danger.

No one is more profoundly sad as one who laughs too much.

Idleness is many gathered miseries in one name.

Cares are often more difficult to throw off than sorrows; the latter die with time, the former grow.

Brevity is the body and soul of wit.

Other exercises develop single powers and muscles, but dancing embellishes, exercises, and equalizes all the muscles at once.

No rest is worth anything except the rest that is earned.