Johann Kaspar

Johann Kaspar
heart deception too-short
The craftiest trickery are too short and ragged a cloak to cover a bad heart.
sacrifice pleasure duty
He who can at all times sacrifice pleasure to duty approaches sublimity.
science wiser conscience
Conscience is wiser than science.
generosity heaven may
The generous person is always just, and the just who is always generous may, unannounced, approach the throne of heaven.
order taste action
He who has no taste for order, will be often wrong in his judgment, and seldom considerate or conscientious in his actions.
two hypocrisy individuality
Trust him with none of thy individualities who is, or pretends to be, two things at once.
book faces deceiving
Faces are as legible as books, only with these circumstances to recommend them to our perusal, that they are read in much less time, and are much less likely to deceive us.
mind too-much arguing
Too much gravity argues a shallow mind.
honesty knaves knavery
The worst of all knaves are those who can mimic their former honesty.
weakness vices disguise
Weaknesses, so called, are nothing more nor less than vice in disguise!
misers
The miser robs himself.
order law generosity
Obstinacy is the strength of the weak. Firmness founded upon principle, upon the truth and right, order and law, duty and generosity, is the obstinacy of sages.
weak obstinacy fiery
The obstinacy of the indolent and weak is less conquerable than that of the fiery and bold.
wise mind restless
There is no mortal truly wise and restless at once; wisdom is the repose of minds.