Character

"Hands, that the rod of empire might have swayed, Or waked to ecstasy the living lyre."

"He were n't no saint—but at jedgment I'd run my chance with Jim. 'Longside of some pious gentlemen That wouldn't shook hands with him. He seen his duty, a dead-sure thing— And went for it thar and then; And Christ ain't a-going to be too hard On a man that died for men."

"Anyone must be mainly ignorant or thoughtless, who is surprised at everything he sees; or wonderfully conceited who expects everything to conform to his standard of propriety."

"Kein Talent, doch ein Charakter."

"ἦθος ἀνθρώπῳ δαίμων"

"O Dowglas, O Dowglas! Tendir and trewe."

"In death a hero, as in life a friend!"

"Wise to resolve, and patient to perform."

"Gentle of speech, beneficent of mind."

"But he whose inborn worth his acts commend, Of gentle soul, to human race a friend."

"Integer vitæ scelerisque purus Non eget Mauris incidis neque arcu Nec venenatis gravida sagittis Fusce pharetra."

"Paullum sepultæ distat inertiæ Celata virtus."

"Argilla quidvis imitaberis uda."

"A Soul of power, a well of lofty Thought A chastened Hope that ever points to Heaven."

"He was worse than provincial—he was parochial."

"Officious, innocent, sincere, Of every friendless name the friend."

"The heart to conceive, the understanding to direct, or the hand to execute."

"Nemo repente venit turpissimus."

"He is truly great that is little in himself, and that maketh no account of any height of honors."

"E'en as he trod that day to God, So walked he from his birth, In simpleness, and gentleness and honor And clean mirth."

"Oh, East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet Till earth and sky stand presently at God's great judgment seat; But there is neither East nor West, border nor breed nor birth When two strong men stand face to face, tho' they come from the ends of the earth!"

"La physionomie n'est pas une règle qui nous soit donnée pour juger des hommes; elle nous peut servir de conjecture."

"Incivility is not a Vice of the Soul, but the effect of several Vices; of Vanity, Ignorance of Duty, Laziness, Stupidity, Distraction, Contempt of others, and Jealousy."

"On n'est jamais si ridicule par les qualités que l'on a que par celles que l'on affecte d'avoir."

"Famæ ac fidei damna majora sunt quam quæ æstimari possunt."

"Not in the clamor of the crowded street, Not in the shouts and plaudits of the throng, But in ourselves, are triumph and defeat."

"For me Fate gave, whate'er she else denied, A nature sloping to the southern side; I thank her for it, though when clouds arise Such natures double-darken gloomy skies."

"All that hath been majestical In life or death, since time began, Is native in the simple heart of all, The angel heart of man."

"Our Pilgrim stock wuz pethed with hardihood."

"Soft-heartedness, in times like these, Shows sof'ness in the upper story."

"Endurance is the crowning quality, And patience all the passion of great hearts."

"For she was jes' the quiet kind Whose naturs never vary, Like streams that keep a summer mind Snowhid in Jenooary."

"His Nature's a glass of champagne with the foam on 't, As tender as Fletcher, as witty as Beaumont; So his best things are done in the flash of the moment."

"It is by presence of mind in untried emergencies that the native metal of a man is tested."

"A nature wise With finding in itself the types of all,— With watching from the dim verge of the time What things to be are visible in the gleams Thrown forward on them from the luminous past,— Wise with the history of its own frail heart, With reverence and sorrow, and with love, Broad as the world, for freedom and for man."

"Eripitur persona, manet res."

"There thou beholdest the walls of Sparta, and every man a brick."

"Men look to the East for the dawning things, for the light of a rising sun But they look to the West, to the crimson West, for the things that are done, are done."

"Au demeurant, le meilleur fils du monde."

"In all thy humours, whether grave or mellow, Thou'rt such a touchy, testy, pleasant fellow; Hast so much wit, and mirth, and spleen about thee, That there's no living with thee, or without thee."

"And, but herself, admits no parallel."

"Hereafter he will make me know, And I shall surely find. He was too wise to err, and O, Too good to be unkind."

"Who knows nothing base, Fears nothing known."

"Sae true his heart, sae smooth his speech, His breath like caller air, His very foot has music in 't, As he comes up the stair."

"In men whom men condemn as ill I find so much of goodness still, In men whom men pronounce divine I find so much of sin and blot I do not dare to draw a line Between the two, where God has not."

"Les hommes, fripons en détail, sont en gros de très-honnêtes gens."

"Good at a fight, but better at a play; Godlike in giving, but the devil to pay."

"To those who know thee not, no words can paint; And those who know thee, know all words are faint!"

"To set the Cause above renown, To love the game beyond the prize, To honour, while you strike him down, The foe that comes with fearless eyes; To count the life of battle good, And dear the land that gave you birth; And dearer yet the brotherhood That binds the brave of all the earth."

"Video meliora proboque, Deteriora sequor."