Personality and character Quotes

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

You can only be as good as you dare to be bad.

There are in every man, at every hour, two simultaneous postulations, one towards God, the other towards Satan

I am swimming in dishonor like a fish in water

Those who restrain their desires, do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained

If we would guide by the light of reason we must let our minds be bold

The obstinacy of cleverness and reason is nothing to the obstinacy of folly and inanity

Perhaps it is impossible for a person who does no good to do no harm

It is best to be yourself, imperial, plain and true

He who did most, shall bear most; the strongest shall stand the most weak

A man of the world must seem to be what he wishes to be thought

Modesty is to merit, as shades to figures in a picture, giving it strength and beauty

No one should part with their individuality and become that of another

Every man is a volume, if you know how to read him

Bigotry may be roughly defined as the anger of men who have no opinions

My "fear" is my substance, and probably the best part of me

Self-control means wanting to be effective at some random point in the infinite radiations of my spiritual existence.

First keep peace with yourself, then you can also bring peace to others

A person reveals his character by nothing so clearly as the joke he resents

Fortitude is the guard and support of the other virtues.