He who has no taste for order, will be often wrong in his judgment, and seldom considerate or conscientious in his actions.
-- Action |
Act well at the moment, and you have performed a good action for all eternity.
-- Action |
If you wish to appear agreeable in society, you must consent to be taught many things which you know already.
-- Agreement |
You may tell a man thou art a fiend, but not your nose wants blowing; to him alone who can bear a thing of that kind, you may tell all.
-- Candor |
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Action, looks, words, steps, form the alphabet by which you may spell character.
-- Character |
You are not very good if you are not better than your best friends imagine you to be.
-- Character |
Conscience is the sentinel of virtue.
-- Conscience |
The craftiest trickery are too short and ragged a cloak to cover a bad heart.
-- Deception |
Johann Kaspar Lavater
1741-1801, Swiss Theologian, Mystic
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