Jean Paul Friedrich Richter said this quote

On the church vaulting above was the clock-face of eternity, void of number and serving as its own hand, only one black finger was pointing and the dead wanted to tell the time by it.

~ Jean Paul Friedrich Richter

Fine minds are seldom fine souls.

~ Jean Paul Friedrich Richter

Music is the moonlight in the gloomy night of life.

~ Jean Paul Friedrich Richter

She knew of a woman who had entered such a bargain at a large automobile manufacturer in 1973 and successfully managed to keep her accounting position for over four decades.

~ Jean Paul Friedrich Richter