An entirely honest man, in the severe sense of the word, exists no more than an entirely dishonest knave: the best and the worst are only approximations of those qualities. Who are those that never contradict themselves? yet honesty never contradicts itself: Who are those that always contradict themselves? yet knavery is mere self-contradiction. Thus the knowledge of man determines not the things themselves, but their proportions, the quanโฃtum of congruities and incongruities.
Johann Kaspar LavaterThe proverbial wisdom of the populace in the street, on the roads, and in the markets instructs the ear of him who studies man more fully than a thousand rules ostentatiously displayed.
Johann Kaspar LavaterHe whose pride oppresses the humble may perhaps be humbled, but will never be humble.
Johann Kaspar Lavater