Personality and character Quotes

A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs. It's jolted by every pebble on the road

Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him for what he is.

Wisdom, compassion, and courage are the three universally recognized moral qualities of men

By indignities men come to dignities

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.

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