Johann Kaspar Lavater

"If you see one cold and vehement at the same time, set him down for a fanatic."

"Act well at the moment, and you have performed a good action to all eternity."

"You may tell a man, thou art a fiend, but not, your nose wants blowing. To him alone who can bear a thing of that kind, you may tell all."

"Who in the same given time can produce more than others has vigor; who can produce more and better, has talents; who can produce what none else can, has genius."

"Who makes quick use of the moment is a genius of prudence."

"Venerate four characters: the sanguine, who has checked volatility and the rage for pleasure; the choleric, who has subdued passion and pride; the phlegmatic, emerged from indolence; and the melanchol…"

"A woman whose ruling passion is not vanity, is superior to any man of equal faculties."

"He submits to be seen through a microscope, who suffers himself to be caught in a fit of passion."