Aphorisms on man: / translated by the Rev. John Caspar Lavater, citizen of Zuric, from the original manuscript [of 'Vermischte unphysiognomische Regeln', vol. 1, by Henry Fuseli, i.e. J.H. Fuessli].

Johann Kaspar Lavater

Date:: MDCCLXXXVIII [1788]

Credit: Aphorisms on man: / translated by the Rev. John Caspar Lavater, citizen of Zuric, from the original manuscript [of 'Vermischte unphysiognomische Regeln', vol. 1, by Henry Fuseli, i.e. J.H. Fuessli]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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writing — the more quiet, uni- form, fettled, his aftions, his character. 27. Who is open without levity; generous without vvafte; fecret without craft ; humble without meannefs; bold without infolence ; cautious without anxiety ; regular, yet not formal; mild, yet not timid ; firm, yet not tyrannical —• is made to pafs the ordeal of ho- nour, friendlhip, virtue. 28. The glad gladdens — who glad- dens not is not glad. Who is fatal to others is fo to himfelf—to him, heaven, earth, wifdom, folly, vir- tue.

Aphorisms on man: / translated by the Rev. John Caspar Lavater, citizen of Zuric, from the original manuscript [of 'Vermischte unphysiognomische Regeln', vol. 1, by Henry Fuseli, i.e. J.H. Fuessli].

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