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.

You can tell what a man is by what he does when he hasn’t anything to do.

Character is a victory, not a gift.

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