Johann Kaspar
Johann Kaspar
ambition sacrifice honor
The ambitious sacrifices all to what he terms honor, as the miser all to money.
anger wrath mind
The wrath that on conviction subsides into mildness, is the wrath of a generous mind.
forever unity genius
True genius repeats itself forever, and never repeats itself--one ever varied sense beams novelty and unity on all.
class giving negative
Who gives is positive; who receives is negative; still there remains an immense class of mere passives.
gold trifling values
Who values gold above all, considers all else as trifling.
laughter tales folly
He who always prefaces his tale with laughter, is poised between impertinence and folly.
oratory forget forget-him
He has oratory who ravishes his hearers while he forgets himself.
mind useless littles
Who affects useless singularities has surely a little mind.
trust littles indifference
Trust him little who praise all, him less who censures all and him least who is indifferent about all.
want littles pursuit
He can feel no little wants who is in pursuit of grandeur.
men no-friends dependence-on-others
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.
honesty men air
The more honesty a man has, the less he affects the air of a saint.
years three hours
Three days of uninterrupted company in a vehicle will make you better acquainted with another, than one hour's conversation with him every day for three years.
love simple rose
When you doubt between words, use the plainest, the commonest, the most idiomatic. Eschew fine words as you would rouge; love simple ones as you would the native roses on your cheek.