Johann Georg Zimmermann

Comedians are not usually actors, but imitations of actors.

Many have been ruined by their fortunes, and many have escaped ruin by the want of fortune. To obtain it the great have become little, and the little great.

Comedians are not usually actors but imitations of actors.

Silence is the safest response for all the contradiction that arises from impertinence, vulgarity, or envy.

Family pride entertains many unsocial opinions.

Many good qualities are not sufficient to balance a single want - the want of money.

A moral lesson is better expressed in short sayings than in long discourse.