Johann K Lavater quotes

" Intuition is the clear conception of the whole at once. " # Intuition # Music # Instinct

" Act well at the moment, and you have performed a good action for all eternity. " # Action

" Beware of him who hates the laugh of a child. " # Laughter # Children # Hatred

" There are three classes of men; the retrograde, the stationary and the progressive. " # Men # Progress # Class

" Who makes quick use of the moment is a genius of prudence. " # Opportunity # Genius # Prudence

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

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

" 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? " # Gossip # Freedom # Power

" The craftiest trickery are too short and ragged a cloak to cover a bad heart. " # Deception # Love # Heart

" Depend on no man, on no friend but him who can depend on himself. He only who acts conscientiously toward himself, will act so toward others. " # Dependence # Friends and Friendship # Action