277 Quotes by Johann Kaspar Lavater

Trust him little who praise all, him less who censures all and him least who is indifferent about all.

The humblest star twinkles most in the darkest night.

Copiousness and simplicity, variety and unity, constitute real greatness of character.

The more unharmonious and inconsistent your objects of desire, the more inconsequent, inconstant, unquiet, the more ignoble, idiotical, and criminal yourself.

He can feel no little wants who is in pursuit of grandeur.

It is one of my favorite thoughts that God manifests Himself to men in all the wise, good, humble, generous, great, and magnanimous men.

The more honesty a man has, the less he affects the air of a saint.

Who recollects distinctly his past adventures, knows his destiny to come.

A single spark of occasion discharges the child of passions into a thousand crackers of desire.