Jane Austen on character

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.

One half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other.

What could I do! Facts are such horrid things!

Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.

John Wooden1910–2010

Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.

Tacitus55–120

Character is higher than intellect… A great soul will be strong to live, as well as strong to think.

Ralph Waldo Emerson1803–1882The American Scholar (1837), par. 27