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28 quotes by Johann Kaspar Lavater

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Johann Kaspar Lavater. The Faces of physiognomy : interdisciplinary approaches to Johann Caspar Lavater. Edited by Ellis Shookman. Columbia, SC : Camden House, 1993. (ISBN 1879751518)  Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Lavater, Johann Kaspar". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. 
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The jealous are possessed by a mad devil and a dull spirit at the same time.

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Who makes quick use of the moment is a genius of prudence.

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Say not you know another entirely till you have divided an inheritance with him.

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Action, looks, words, steps, form the alphabet by which you may spell character.

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Mistrust the person who finds everything good, and the person who finds everything evil, and mistrust even more the person who is indifferent to... →

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Trust him not with your secrets, who, when left alone in your room, turns over your papers.

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He who seldom speaks, and with one calm well-timed word can strike dumb the loquacious, is a genius or a hero.

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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?

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If you wish to appear agreeable in society, you must consent to be taught many things which you know already.

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There are three classes of men; the retrograde, the stationary and the progressive.

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What do I owe to my times, to my country, to my neighbors, to my friends? Such are the questions which a virtuous man ought often to ask himself.

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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.

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The great rule of moral conduct is next to God, respect time.

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