When ill news comes too late to be serviceable to your neighbor, keep it to yourself.
Johann Georg Ritter von ZimmermannAn everlasting tranquility is, in my imagination, the highest possible felicity, because I know of no felicity on earth higher than that which a peaceful mind and contented heart afford.
Johann Georg Ritter von ZimmermannThere are few mortals so insensible that their affections cannot he gained by mildness, their confidence by sincerity, their hatred by scorn or neglect
Johann Georg Ritter von ZimmermannIn the sallies of badinage a polite fool shines; but in gravity he is as awkward as an elephant disporting.
Johann Georg Ritter von ZimmermannMany good qualities are not sufficient to balance a single want - the want of money.
Johann Georg Ritter von ZimmermannThe man whose bosom neither riches nor luxury nor grandeur can render happy may, with a book in his hand, forget all his torments under the friendly shade of every tree; and experience pleasures as infinite as they are varied, as pure as they are lasting, as lively as they are unfading, and as compatible with every public duty as they are contributory to private happiness.
Johann Georg Ritter von Zimmermann