Depend on no man, on no friend but him who can depend on himself. He only who acts conscientiously toward himself, will act so toward others.

Quote by Johann Kaspar Lavater

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He who has not forgiven an enemy has not yet tasted one of the most...

He who has not forgiven an enemy has not yet tasted one of the most...

If you see one cold and vehement at the same time, set him down for...

If you see one cold and vehement at the same time, set him down for...

Intuition is the clear conception of the whole at once.

Intuition is the clear conception of the whole at once.

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...

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...

Call him wise whose actions, words, and steps are all a clear because to a...

Call him wise whose actions, words, and steps are all a clear because to a...

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.

He who can conceal his joys, is greater than he who can hide his griefs

He who can conceal his joys, is greater than he who can hide his griefs

All affectation is the vain and ridiculous attempt of poverty to appear rich

All affectation is the vain and ridiculous attempt of poverty to appear rich

Trust him little who praise all, him less who censures all and him least who...

Trust him little who praise all, him less who censures all and him least who...

He, who cannot forgive a trespass of malice to his enemy, has never yet tasted...

He, who cannot forgive a trespass of malice to his enemy, has never yet tasted...

Great minds comprehend more in a word, a look, a pressure of the hand than...

Great minds comprehend more in a word, a look, a pressure of the hand than...

Let none turn over books or scan the stars in quest of God who see...

Let none turn over books or scan the stars in quest of God who see...

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...

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.

He is incapable of truly good action who finds not a pleasure in contemplating the...

He is incapable of truly good action who finds not a pleasure in contemplating the...

He alone is an acute observer, who can observe minutely without being observed

He alone is an acute observer, who can observe minutely without being observed

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.

Meg Ryan is a beautiful and courageous woman. I grieve the loss of her companionship...

Meg Ryan is a beautiful and courageous woman. I grieve the loss of her companionship...

Such wicked people are detestable to the LORD, but he offers his friendship to the...

Such wicked people are detestable to the LORD, but he offers his friendship to the...

There is a woman who spent her life loving that evil creature: she died. I'm...

There is a woman who spent her life loving that evil creature: she died. I'm...