"Night brings good counsel", my grandmother always told me.

Besserer Rat kommt über Nacht.

For when last need to desperation driveth,
Who dareth most, he wisest counsel giveth.

Better counsel comes overnight.

Night is an ally of sorrowful people.

It is a common experience that a problem difficult at night is resolved in the morning after the committee of sleep has worked on it.

In difficult and desperate cases, the boldest counsels are the safest.

It was on such a night as this that the unhappy things came about.

In the night which calms all the efforts

The wise will make their anger cool
At least before 'tis night.

The way in which they are to conduct themselves in this night of sense is to devote themselves not at all to reasoning and meditation, since this is not the time for it, but to allow the soul to remain in peace and quietness, although it may seem clear to them that they are doing nothing and are wasting their time, and although it may appear to them that it is because of their weakness that they have no desire in that state to think of anything. The

Dans les périodes obscures, la religion est le meilleur guide des hommes, de même que par une nuit noire un aveugle connait mieux les routes et les chemins qu'un voyant. Quand la lumière paraît, en revanche, il est insensé de se laisser conduire par de vieux aveugles.

Translation: O men! be just Give aid first and counsel afterwards.

The worst men often give the best advice.