Fine words and an insinuating appearance are seldom associated with true virtue.

The nobler sort of man emphasizes the good qualities in others, and does not accentuate the bad. The inferior does.

The gentleman calls attention to the good points in others; he does not call attention to their defects. The small man does just the reverse of this.

Man is born for uprightness. If a man lose his uprightness and yet live, his escape from death is mere good fortune.

I hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man.

Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.