“A man shows his character just in the way in which he deals with trifles---for then he is off his guard.”

“There is no truer gauge of a man's character than the way in which he employs his strength, his power.”

“Men best show their character in trifles, where they are not on their guard. It is in the simplest habits, that we often see the boundless egotism which pays no regard to the feelings of others and denies nothing to itself.”

“Surely what a man does when he is taken off his guard is the best evidence for what sort of man he is.”

“Dickens writes that one of his characters, "listened to everything without seeming to, which showed he understood his business.”

“A man's character is like his house. If he tears boards off his house and burns them to keep himself warm and comfortable, his house soon becomes a ruin. If he tells lies to be able to do the things he shouldn't do but wants to, his character will soon become a ruin. A man with a ruined character is a shame on the face of the earth.”