A good heart is the sun and the moon; or, rather, the sun and not the moon, for it shines bright and never changes.

Laws control the lesser man... Right conduct controls the greater one.

The real ornament of woman is her character, her purity.

You can tell a lot about a person by who his or her heroes are.

Great ambition is the passion of a great character. Those endowed with it may perform very good or bad acts. All depends on the principles which direct them.

A military leader must possess as much character as intellect. Men who have a great deal of intellect and little character are the least suited; they are like a ship whose masts are out of proportion to the ballast; it is preferable to have much character and little intellect. Those men whose intellect is mediocre and whose character is in proportion are likely to succeed in their profession. The base must equal the height.