Johann Kaspar
Johann Kaspar
calmness grandeur
Calmness of will is a sign of grandeur.
wise blood silence
Who, in the midst of just provocation to anger, instantly finds the fit word which settles all around him in silence is more than wise or just; he is, were he a beggar, of more than royal blood, he is of celestial descent.
forgiving enemy sublime
He, who cannot forgive a trespass of malice to his enemy, has never yet tasted the most sublime enjoyment of love.
vanity together rudeness
Vanity and rudeness are seldom seen together.
inheritance knows divided
Say not you know another entirely till you have divided an inheritance with him.
trust secret paper
Trust him not with your secrets, who, when left alone in your room, turns over your papers.
gold thinker scarce
Thinkers are as scarce as gold.
intelligent eyebrows lips
Many very intelligent agreeable persons have warts on the forehead, not brown, nor very large, between the eyebrows, which have nothing in them offensive or disgusting. - But a large brown wart on the upper lip, especially when it is bristly, will be found in no person who is not defective in something essential, or at least remarkable for some conspicuous failing.
character calmness persons
Vociferation and calmness of character seldom meet in the same person.
heartless sneer
A sneer is often the sign of heartless malignity.
energy deprived
He also has energy who cannot be deprived of it.
patience needs
He surely is most in need of another's patience, who has none of his own.
truth character hands
The greatest of characters, no doubt, would be he, who, free of all trifling accidental helps, could see objects through one grand immutable medium, always at hand, and proof against illusion and time, reflecting every object in its true shape and colour through all the fluctuation of things.
happiness art truth
Kiss the hand of him who can renounce what he has publicly taught, when convicted of his error; and who, with heartfelt joy, embraces the truth, though with the sacrifice of favorite opinions.