Action, looks, words, steps, form the alphabet by which you may spell character. — Johann Kaspar Lavater Copy Share Image
You may tell a man thou art a fiend, but not your nose wants blowing; to him alone who can bear a… — Johann Kaspar Lavater Copy Share Image
Who forces himself on others is to himself a load. Impetuous curiosity is empty and inconstant. Prying intrusion may be suspected of… — Johann Kaspar Lavater Copy Share Image
He whose pride oppresses the humble may perhaps be humbled, but will never be humble. — Johann Kaspar Lavater Copy Share Image
It is possible that a wise and good man may be prevailed on to game; but it is impossi∣ble that a professed… — Johann Kaspar Lavater Copy Share Image
The generous person is always just, and the just who is always generous may, unannounced, approach the throne of heaven. — Johann Kaspar Lavater Copy Share Image
The creditor whose appearance gladdens the heart of a debtor may hold his head in sunbeams and his foot on storms. — Johann Kaspar Lavater Copy Share Image
Him, who incessantly laughs in the street, you may commonly hear grumbling in his closet. — Johann Kaspar Lavater Copy Share Image
Whatever obscurities may involve religious tenets, humility and love constitute the essence of true religion; the humble is formed to adore, the… — Johann Kaspar Lavater Copy Share Image
You may depend upon it that he is a good man whose intimate friends are all good, and whose enemies are decidedly… — Johann Kaspar Lavater Copy Share Image
She whom smiles and tears make equally lovely may command all hearts. — Johann Kaspar Lavater Copy Share Image
He who freely praises what he means to purchase, and he who enumerates the faults of what he means to sell, may… — Johann Kaspar Lavater Copy Share Image
A gift--its kind, its value and appearance; the silence or the pomp that attends it; the style in which it reaches you--may… — Johann Kaspar Lavater Copy Share Image
Neatness begets order; but from order to taste there is the same difference as from taste to genius, or from love to friendship. — Johann Kaspar Lavater Copy Share Image
Habit is altogether too arbitrary a master for me to submit to. — Johann Kaspar Lavater Copy Share Image
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? — Johann Kaspar Lavater Copy Share Image
Before thou callest a man hero or genius, investigate whether his exertion has features of indelibility; for all that is celestial, all genius, is… — Johann Kaspar Lavater Copy Share Image
“Si quieres ser sabio, aprende a interrogar razonablemente, a escuchar con atención, a responder serenamente y a callar cuando no tengas nada que decir.” — Johann Kaspar Lavater Copy Share Image
The creditor whose appearance gladdens the heart of a debtor may hold his head in sunbeams and his foot on storms. — Johann Kaspar Lavater Copy Share Image
The craftiest trickery are too short and ragged a cloak to cover a bad heart. — Johann Kaspar Lavater Copy Share Image
Who has a daring eye tell downright truths and downright lies. — Johann Kaspar Lavater Copy Share Image
True worth is as inevitably discovered by the facial expression, as its opposite is sure to be clearly represented there. The human face is… — Johann Kaspar Lavater Copy Share Image
Fools learn nothing from wise men, but wise men learn much from fools. — Johann Kaspar Lavater Copy Share Image
