Character is like a tree and reputation like its shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing. 565
I have met with women whom I really think would like to be married to a poem, and to be given away by a novel. 653
Every man has three characters: that which he exhibits, that which he has, and that which he thinks he has. 779
There’s only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that’s your own self. 704
