character Quotes

One can aim at honor both as one ought, and more than one ought, and less than one ought. He whose craving for honor is excessive is said to be ambitious, and he who is deficient in this respect unambitious;... ...

There is honor in being a dog.

Patience is so like fortitude that she seems either her sister or her daughter.

All flatterers are mercenary, and all low-minded men are flatterers.

Anyone, without any great penetration, may distinguish the dispositions consequent on wealth; for its possessors are insolent and overbearing, from being tainted in a certain way by the getting of their wealth. For they are affected as though they possessed... ...

Great and frequent reverses can crush and mar our bliss both by the pain they cause and by the hindrance they offer to many activities. Yet nevertheless even in adversity nobility shines through, when a man endures repeated and severe... ...

The habits we form from childhood make no small difference, but rather they make all the difference.

The brave man, if he be compared with the coward, seems foolhardy; and, if with the foolhardy man, seems a coward.

Shyness is good for young people, but it's a flaw in old age.

The ideal man is his own best friend and takes delight in privacy.