Strange that cowards cannot see that their greatest safety lies in dauntless courage. — Johann Kaspar Lavater Courage Copy Share Image
Who values gold above all, considers all else as trifling. — Johann Kaspar Lavater Gold Copy Share Image
She neglects her heart who too closely studies her glass. — Johann Kaspar Lavater Glass Copy Share Image
He can feel no little wants who is in pursuit of grandeur. — Johann Kaspar Lavater Feel Copy Share Image
The loss of taste for what is right is loss of all right taste. — Johann Kaspar Lavater Loss Copy Share Image
The countenance is more eloquent than the tongue. — Johann Kaspar Lavater Countenance Copy Share Image
The procrastinator is not only indolent and weak, but commonly, false, too; most of the weak are false. — Johann Kaspar Lavater Inspirational Copy Share Image
He who, silent, loves to be with us - he who loves us in our silence - has touched one of the… — Johann Kaspar Lavater Heart Copy Share Image
A single spark of occasion discharges the child of passions into a thousand crackers of desire. — Johann Kaspar Lavater Child Copy Share Image
Be neither too early in the fashion, nor too long out of it; nor at any time in the extremes of it. — Johann Kaspar Lavater Early 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 Faults Copy Share Image
He who has no taste for order, will be often wrong in his judgment, and seldom considerate or conscientious in his actions. — Johann Kaspar Lavater Action 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 Gambling Copy Share Image
Who is respectable when thinking himself alone and free from observation will be so before the eye of all the world. — Johann Kaspar Lavater Eye Copy Share Image
He, who boldly interposes between a merciless censor and his prey, is a man of vigor: and he who, mildly wise, without… — Johann Kaspar Lavater Command Copy Share Image
Who is open without levity; generous without waste; secret without craft; humble without meanness; bold without insolence; cautious without anxiety; regular, yet… — Johann Kaspar Lavater Anxiety 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… — Johann Kaspar Lavater Expression Copy Share Image
When you doubt between words, use the plainest, the commonest, the most idiomatic. Eschew fine words as you would rouge; love simple… — Johann Kaspar Lavater Cheeks Copy Share Image
Nothing is so pregnant as cruelty; so multifarious, so rapid, so ever teeming a mother is unknown to the animal kingdom; each… — Johann Kaspar Lavater Animal 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 Adore Copy Share Image
There are many kinds of smiles, each having a distinct character. Some announce goodness and sweetness, others betray sarcasm, bitterness and pride;… — Johann Kaspar Lavater Betray 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… — Johann Kaspar Lavater Celestial Copy Share Image
The policy of adapting one's self to circumstances makes all ways smooth. — Johann Kaspar Lavater Adapting Copy Share Image
The freer you feel yourself in the presence of another, the more free is he... — Johann Kaspar Lavater Feel Copy Share Image
Neither refinement nor delicacy is indispensable to produce elegance. — Johann Kaspar Lavater Beauty Copy Share Image
Where there is much pretension, much has been borrowed; nature never pretends. — Johann Kaspar Lavater Borrowed Copy Share Image
He who can conceal his joys, is greater than he who can hide his griefs — Johann Kaspar Lavater Death Copy Share Image
Say not you know another entirely till you have divided an inheritance with him. — Johann Kaspar Lavater Divided Copy Share Image
Who despises all that is despicable is made to be impressed with all that is grand. — Johann Kaspar Lavater Despicable Copy Share Image
Softness of smile indicates softness of character. — Johann Kaspar Lavater Character Copy Share Image
The manner of giving shows the character of the giver, more than the gift itself. — Johann Kaspar Lavater Character Copy Share Image
The more any one speaks of himself, the less he likes to hear another talked of. — Johann Kaspar Lavater Conceit Copy Share Image
Indiscretion, rashness, falsehood, levity, and malice, produce each other. — Johann Kaspar Lavater Falsehood Copy Share Image
Dread more the blunderer's friendship than the calumniator's enmity. — Johann Kaspar Lavater Dread Copy Share Image
There are three classes of men; the retrograde, the stationary and the progressive. — Johann Kaspar Lavater Men Copy Share Image
