“In this world, a man must either be anvil or hammer”

“The discipline of desire is the background of character.”

“Education begins the gentleman, but reading, good company and reflection must finish him”

“We are like chameleons, we take our hue and the color of our moral character, from those who are around us.”

“An excellent man, like precious metal, is in every way invariable; A villain, like the beams of a balance, is always varying, upwards and downwards”

“You must have the bird in your heart before you can find it in the bush.”