Quotes by Johann Kaspar Lavater

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

#Trust

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

#Friendship

He who purposely cheats his friend, would cheat his God

#Cheating

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

#Friendship, #Love

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

#Experience

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

#Faith, #Humanity, #Safety

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

#Books

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

#Enemies

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

#Business

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

#Genius

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

#Grief, #Joy

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

#Wisdom