Don't speak evil of someone if you don't know for certain, and if you do know ask yourself, why am I telling it?

Quote by Johann Kaspar Lavater

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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...

Mistrust the person who finds everything good, and the person who finds everything evil, and...

Mistrust the person who finds everything good, and the person who finds everything evil, and...

Too much gravity argues a shallow mind

Too much gravity argues a shallow mind

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...

You may tell a man thou art a fiend, but not your nose wants blowing;...

You may tell a man thou art a fiend, but not your nose wants blowing;...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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.

Conscience is the sentinel of virtue.

Conscience is the sentinel of virtue.

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

Intuition is the clear conception of the whole at once.

Intuition is the clear conception of the whole at once.

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

The public seldom forgive twice.

The public seldom forgive twice.

Beware of him who hates the laugh of a child.

Beware of him who hates the laugh of a child.

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...

Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers.

Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers.

The possession of anything begins in the mind

The possession of anything begins in the mind

Some folks are wise and some otherwise.

Some folks are wise and some otherwise.