“Good character is not formed in a week or a month. It is created little by little, day by day. Protracted and patient effort is needed to develop good character.”

The best people renounce all for one goal, the eternal fame of mortals; but most people stuff themselves like cattle.

Justice will overtake fabricators of lies and false witnesses.

Even a soul submerged in sleep is hard at work and helps make something of the world.

The poet was a fool who wanted no conflict among us, gods or people. Harmony needs low and high, as progeny needs man and woman.

It is better to hide ignorance, but it is hard to do this when we relax over wine.

The road up and the road down is one and the same.

The nature of things is in the habit of concealing itself.

Wisdom is one thing, to know how to make true judgment, how all things are steered through all things.

Day by day, what you do is who you become.

People ought to fight to keep their law as to defend the citys walls.

Wisdom consists in speaking and acting the truth.

Our envy always lasts longer than the happiness of those we envy.

Because it is so unbelievable, the Truth often escapes being known.

Stupidity is better kept a secret than displayed.

Nothing is, everything is becoming.

The Cosmos was not made by gods but always was and is eternal fire.

The greatest test of a man’s character is his tongue.

The only way we can be of use to God is to let Him take us through the crooks and crannies of our own characters.

The effect of sincerity is to give one’s work the character of a protest. The painter, being concerned only with conveying his impression, simply seeks to be himself and no one else.

Something of a person’s character may be observed by how they smile. Some never smile they only grin.

I think it’s a novelty for cartoon characters to cross over into another strip or panel occasionally.

Failure isn’t a character quality. It’s just an event. How you respond to failure is your character.

Faced with crisis, the man of character falls back upon himself.

It is only an error of judgment to make a mistake, but it argues an infirmity of character to adhere to it when discovered.