Johann Kaspar
Johann Kaspar
gossip evil speak
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?
inspirational men evil
Mistrust the man who finds everything good, the man who finds everything evil and still more the man who is indifferent to everything.
judging ends severity
Who begins with severity, in judging of another, ends commonly with falsehood.
betrayal betrayed thee
Be certain that he who has betrayed thee once will betray thee again.
laughter laughing may
Him, who incessantly laughs in the street, you may commonly hear grumbling in his closet.
opportunity genius use
Who makes quick use of the moment is a genius of prudence.
wings action
Words are the wings of actions.
arbitrary habit masters
Habit is altogether too arbitrary a master for me to submit to.
Who is fatal to others is so to himself.
listening talent speak
Those who speak always and those who never speak are equally unfit for friendship. A food proportion of the talent of listening and speaking is the base of social virtues.
self way smooth
The policy of adapting one's self to circumstances makes all ways smooth.