Every year lays more earth upon us, which weighs us down from aerial regions, till we go under the earth at last.
E. T. A. HoffmannIt is only in the morning that one should marry, read unfavourable reviews, make one's will, beat one's servants, and so forth.
E. T. A. HoffmannI may be permitted, kind reader, to doubt whether you have ever been enclosed in a glass bottle, unless some vivid dream has teased you with such magical mishaps.
E. T. A. Hoffmann