Johann Georg Ritter von Zimmermann

Johann George Ritter von Zimmermann (December 8, 1728 – October 7, 1795) was a Swiss philosophical writer, naturalist, and physician.

• The more you speak of yourself, the more you are likely to lie; say but little, 'twill scarcely gain belief; so strong are partiality and envy.
  • As quoted in Aphorisms and Reflections on Men, Morals, and Things, 1800, p. 4.