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

Quote by Johann Kaspar Lavater

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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.

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...

The jealous are possessed by a mad devil and a dull spirit at the same...

The jealous are possessed by a mad devil and a dull spirit at the same...

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;...

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 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...

The prudent see only the difficulties, the bold only the advantages, of a great enterprise;...

The prudent see only the difficulties, the bold only the advantages, of a great enterprise;...

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...

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...

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

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

Who in the same given time can produce more than others has vigor; who can...

Who in the same given time can produce more than others has vigor; who can...

Intuition is the clear conception of the whole at once.

Intuition is the clear conception of the whole at once.

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...

Beware of him who hates the laugh of a child.

Beware of him who hates the laugh of a child.

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...

Don't speak evil of someone if you don't know for certain, and if you do...

Don't speak evil of someone if you don't know for certain, and if you do...

Depend on no man, on no friend but him who can depend on himself. He...

Depend on no man, on no friend but him who can depend on himself. He...

Say not you know another entirely till you have divided an inheritance with him.

Say not you know another entirely till you have divided an inheritance with him.

Conscience is the sentinel of virtue.

Conscience is the sentinel of virtue.