Character

Certain flaws are necessary for the whole. It would seem strange if old friends lacked certain quirks

There is no passion that steals into the heart more imperceptibly and covers itself under more disguises than pride

I love you not only for what you are, But for what I am when I'm with you.

Life’s most presistent and urgent question is, “What are you doing for others?”

It is better to lose your time than to lose your character

We are what we repeatedly do

Charity gives itself rich, covetousness hoards itself poor

Fortune doesn't change a man, it only unmasks him.

Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers

Few people know how to be old

Condition for a good marriage is to find the right person and to be even the right person.

It's not beauty but fine qualities, my girl, that keep a husband

What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lives within us

Beauty and folly are old companions

Rare is the union of beauty and purity

Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live as well as think

I choose my friends for their good looks, my acquaintances for their good characters, and my enemies for their intellects. A man cannot be too careful in the choice of his enemies.

Happiness is a virtue, not its reward

Friendship is held to be the severest test of character. It is easy, we think, to be loyal to a family and clan, whose blood is in your own veins

The friend is the man who knows all about you, and still likes you