The world looks with some awe upon a man who appears unconcernedly indifferent to home, money, comfort, rank, or even power and fame. The world feels not without a certain apprehension, that here is some one outside its jurisdiction; someone before whom its allurements may be spread in vain; some one strangely enfranchised, untamed, untrammelled by convention, moving independent of the ordinary currents of human action.

The road to gooď is the roughest and steepest inthe universe. It is a wonder that so many succeed,no wonder that so many fall. Character has to beestablished through a thousand stumbles.

If you really want to judge the character of a man, look not at his great performances. Watch a man do his most common actions.

Never say any man is hopeless, because he only represents a character, a bundle of habits, which can be checked by new and better ones. Character is repeated habits, and repeated habits alone can reform character.

When we see men of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and examine ourselves.

The first duty of the university is to teach wisdom, not a trade; character, not technicalities. We want a lot of engineers in the modern world, but we do not want a world of engineers.