Him, who incessantly laughs in the street, you may commonly hear grumbling in his closet.

Quote by Johann Kaspar Lavater

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Trust him not with your secrets, who, when left alone in your room, turns over...

Trust him not with your secrets, who, when left alone in your room, turns over...

Beware of him who hates the laugh of a child.

Beware of him who hates the laugh of a child.

He who reforms himself has done more toward reforming the public than a crowd of...

He who reforms himself has done more toward reforming the public than a crowd of...

He who seldom speaks, and with one calm well-timed word can strike dumb the loquacious,...

He who seldom speaks, and with one calm well-timed word can strike dumb the loquacious,...

Conscience is the sentinel of virtue.

Conscience is the sentinel of virtue.

Neatness begets order; but from order to taste there is the same difference as from...

Neatness begets order; but from order to taste there is the same difference as from...

Who makes quick use of the moment is a genius of prudence.

Who makes quick use of the moment is a genius of prudence.

The great rule of moral conduct is next to God, respect time.

The great rule of moral conduct is next to God, respect time.

You may depend upon it that he is a good man whose intimate friends are...

You may depend upon it that he is a good man whose intimate friends are...

To know yourself you have only to set down a true statement of those that...

To know yourself you have only to set down a true statement of those that...

Who makes quick use of the moment is a genius of prudence.

Who makes quick use of the moment is a genius of prudence.

I am prejudiced in favor of him who, without impudence, can ask boldly. He has...

I am prejudiced in favor of him who, without impudence, can ask boldly. He has...

There are three classes of men; the retrograde, the stationary and the progressive.

There are three classes of men; the retrograde, the stationary and the progressive.

Action, looks, words, steps, form the alphabet by which you may spell character.

Action, looks, words, steps, form the alphabet by which you may spell character.

Never say you know a man until you have divided an inheritance with him.

Never say you know a man until you have divided an inheritance with him.

Be not the fourth friend of him who had three before and lost them.

Be not the fourth friend of him who had three before and lost them.

You are not very good if you are not better than your best friends imagine...

You are not very good if you are not better than your best friends imagine...

Too much gravity argues a shallow mind

Too much gravity argues a shallow mind

We cannot comprehend what comprehends us.

We cannot comprehend what comprehends us.

The mind unlearns with difficulty what it has long learned.

The mind unlearns with difficulty what it has long learned.