Molière on character

A learned fool is more foolish than an ignorant one.

Those whose conduct gives room for talk
Are always the first to attack their neighbors.

All that is not prose is verse; and all that is not verse is prose.

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