Character is simply habit long continued.
Time is the wisest of all counselors.
The human heart becomes softened by hearing of instances of gentleness and consideration.
Demosthenes, when taunted by Pytheas that all his arguments "smelled of the lamp," replied, "Yes, but your lamp and mine, my friend, do not witness the same labours.
Real excellence, indeed, is most recognized when most openly looked into.
It is not histories I am writing, but lives; and in the most glorious deeds there is not always an indication of virtue or vice, indeed a small thing like a phrase or a jest often makes a greater revelation of a character than battles where thousands die.