Conscience is the sentinel of virtue.

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• Johann Kaspar Lavater:

  The jealous are possessed by a mad devil and a dull spirit at the same time.

• Johann Kaspar Lavater:

  Him, who incessantly laughs in the street, you may commonly hear grumbling in his closet.

• Johann Kaspar Lavater:

  Have you ever seen a pedant with a warm heart?

• Johann Kaspar Lavater:

  He submits to be seen through a microscope, who suffers himself to be caught in a fit of passion.

• Johann Kaspar Lavater:

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

• Johann Kaspar Lavater:

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

• Johann Kaspar Lavater:

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

• Johann Kaspar Lavater:

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

• Johann Kaspar Lavater:

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

• Johann Kaspar Lavater:

  Mistrust the person who finds everything good, and the person who finds everything evil, and mistru