Only a man's character is the real criterion of worth.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Character is greater than talent, genius, fame, money, friends - there is nothing to compare with it. A man may have all these and yet remain comparatively useless - be unhappy - and die a bankrupt in soul.
It is not what he had, or even what he does which expresses the worth of a man, but what he is.
Of all the properties which belong to honorable men, not one is so highly prized as that of character.
When we see men of worth, we should think of equalling them; when we see men of a contrary character, we should turn inward and examine ourselves.
The measure of a man's real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out.
The value of a man is in his intrinsic qualities: in that of which power cannot strip him and which adverse fortune cannot take away. That for which he is indebted to circumstances is mere trapping and tinsel.
It is not the truth that a man possesses, or believes that he possesses, but the earnest effort which he puts forward to reach the truth, which constitutes the worth of a man.
Real worth requires no interpreter: its everyday deeds form its emblem.
Neither man nor woman can be worth anything until they have discovered that they are fools.
A man's worth is no greater than his ambitions.