Personality and character Quotes

Great men are seldom over-scrupulous in the arrangement of their attire.

In life we shall find many men that are great, and some that are good, but very few men that are both great and good.

There would be no great men if there were no little ones

One must judge men not by their opinions, but by what their opinions have made of them

The less men think, the more they talk.

Men may change their climate, but they cannot change their nature. A man that goes out a fool cannot ride or sail himself into common sense

We are growing serious, and let me tell you, that's the very next step to being dull

When men are easy in their circumstances, they are naturally enemies to innovations

The religious man fears, the man of honor scorns, to do an ill action

Mere bashfulness without merit is awkwardness

Some virtues are only seen in affliction and others only in prosperity

Mutability of temper and inconsistency with ourselves is the greatest weakness of human nature

Pride goes before destruction and a haughty spirit before a fall

Good nature is more agreeable in conversation than wit, and gives a certain air to the countenance which is more amiable than beauty

Nothing is more amiable than true modesty, and nothing more contemptible than the false

A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world

A man's first care should be to avoid the reproaches of his own heart, and his next to escape the censures of the world

I have been a selfish being all my life, in practice, though not in principle

There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart

We have all a better guide in ourselves, if we would attend to it, than any other person can be.