Johann Kaspar Lavater
27 quotations
The craftiest trickery are too short and ragged a cloak to cover a bad heart.
Who has a daring eye tell downright truths and downright lies.
If you see one cold and vehement at the same time, set him down for a fanatic.
Be not the fourth friend of him who had three before and lost them.
Genius always gives its best at first; prudence, at last.
Let none turn over books, or roam the stars in quest of God, who sees him not in man.
Say not you know another entirely till you have divided an inheritance with him.
Never say you know a man until you have divided an inheritance with him.
Intuition is the clear concept of the whole at once.
The jealous are possessed by a mad devil and a dull spirit at the same time.
Him, who incessantly laughs in the street, you may commonly hear grumbling in his closet.
Beware of him who hates the laugh of a child.
Have you ever seen a pedant with a warm heart?
There are three classes of men; the retrograde, the stationary and the progressive.
The great rule of moral conduct is next to God, respect time.
Who makes quick use of the moment is a genius of prudence.
He submits to be seen through a microscope, who suffers himself to be caught in a fit of passion.
Airs of importance are the credentials of impotence.
The public seldom forgive twice.
Trust him not with your secrets, who, when left alone in your room, turns over your papers.
To know yourself you have only to set down a true statement of those that ever loved or hated you.
Stubbornness is the strength of the weak.
You are not very good if you are not better than your best friends imagine you to be.
Action, looks, words, steps, form the alphabet by which you may spell character.
He can feel no little wants who is in pursuit of grandeur.