There appears to exist a greater desire to live long than to live well! Measure by man's desires, he cannot live long enough; measure by his good deeds, and he has not lived long enough; measure by his evil deeds, and he has lived too long.
Johann Georg Ritter von ZimmermannThe quarter of an hour before dinner is the worst that suitors can choose.
Johann Georg Ritter von ZimmermannThough fancy may be the patient's complaint, necessity is often the doctor's.
Johann Georg Ritter von ZimmermannSuicides pay the world a bad compliment. Indeed, it may so happen that the world has been beforehand with them in incivility. Granted. Even then the retaliation is at their own expense.
Johann Georg Ritter von Zimmermann