Personality and character Quotes

The less men think, the more they talk.

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

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

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

Consider your origin; you were not born to live like brutes, but to follow virtue and knowledge

None but blockheads copy each other

Best be yourself, imperial, plain and true!

Human nature is above all things lazy

Any mind that is capable of real sorrow is capable of good

The only fault's with time; all men become good creatures: but so slow!

Poverty may be the mother of crime, but lack of good sense is the father

Politeness makes one appear outwardly as they should be within

The torture of a bad conscience is the hell of a living soul

Every human being is intended to have a character of his own; to be what no others are, and to do what no other can do