277 Quotes by Johann Kaspar Lavater

Man is forever the same; the same under every form, in all situations and relations that admit of free and unrestrained exertion. The same regard which you have for yourself, you have for others, for nature, for the invisible ... which you call God.

Borrowed wit is the poorest wit.

As the interest of man, so his God; as his God, so he.

Decided ends are sure signs of a decided character.

He who seeks to imbitter innocent pleasure has a cancer in his heart.

The acquisition of will, for one thing exclusively, presupposes entire acquaintance with many others.

The policy of adapting one's self to circumstances makes all ways smooth.

Where consequence ceases, there folly, restlessness and misery begin.

Who is fatal to others is so to himself.