Johann Kaspar LavaterThinkers

Anger is a state in which one submits oneself to be seen through a microscope.

The Conscience is more wise than science.

Desire is the uneasiness a man finds in himself upon the absence of anything whose present enjoyment carries the idea of delight with it.

Fondness is impotence.

Habit is altogether too arbitrary a master for me to submit to.

An Inheritance is an ugly affair. One ought never say one knows a person until they have divided an inheritance with them.

Modesty is silent when it would be Improper to speak ; the humble, without being called upon, never recollects to say anything of himself.

Obstiancy is the strength of the weak.

Sensibility is the power of woman.

The Weak's only strength is obstinacy.