The measure of a person is what he or she would do if no one were ever to know.

You can mold a mannerism, but must chisel a character.

The strongest woman and the weakest man are about equally mean.

Little people do not wear well under either extremes of fortune.

When wealth is lost nothing is lost; when health is lost something is lost; when character is lost, all is lost!

When we can no longer blame things on liquor, or war’s reaction, we may begin to suspect that human nature itself is a little faulty.

Small people never learn to be indifferent; they either envy or pity.

The fastest way to lose what we call our good character is to lose our honesty.

Character, like a kettle, once mended, always requires repairs.

People show what they are by what they do with what they have.