Johann Georg Zimmermann

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.

— Johann Georg Zimmermann

Comedians are not usually actors, but imitations of actors.

— Johann Georg Zimmermann

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

— Johann Georg Zimmermann

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

— Johann Georg Zimmermann