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No artist work is so high, so noble, so grand, so enduring, so important for all time, as the making of character in a child.

Candor is a proof of both a just frame of mind, and of a good tone of breeding. It is a quality belonging equally to the honest man and to the gentleman.

To be fond of learning is near to wisdom; to practice with vigor is near to benevolence; and to be conscious of shame is near to fortitude.

See a person's actions. Observe his motives. Examine in what things he rests. How can a person conceal his character? How can a person conceal his character?

Never does a man portray his character more vividly than his proclaiming the character of another.

Beauty can't amuse you, but brainwork -- reading, writing, thinking -- can.

The foundation of excellence lies in self-control.

The things we admire in men, kindness and generosity, openness, honesty, understanding and feeling are the concomitants of failure in our system. And those traits we detest, sharpness, greed, acquisitiveness, meanness, egotism and self-interest are the traits of success. And while men admire the quality of the first they love the produce of the second.

The face is the soul of the body.

Sound health is the greatest of gifts; contentedness, the greatest of riches; trust, the greatest of qualities.

Man looks in the abyss, there's nothing staring back at him. At that moment, man finds his character. And that is what keeps him out of the abyss.