Quotes by Lavater, Johann Kaspar

You may depend upon it that he is a good man whose intimate friends ar >>

He knows very little of mankind who expects, by any facts or reasoning >>

Never say you know a man until you have divided an inheritance with hi >>

Quotations about Moderation

The pursuit, even of the best things, ought to be calm and tranquil. >>

Only action gives life strength, only moderation gives it charm. >>

Tell a man whose house is on fire to give a moderate alarm; tell him t >>

Mistrust the person who finds everything good, and the person who finds everything evil, and mistrust even more the person who is indifferent to everything.

Lavater, Johann Kaspar